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COMPILED   BY 

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Annex 


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CONTENTS. 


Preface 

^National  Association  of  Amateur  Athletes  of  America.  . 

Definition  of  an  Amateur  Athlete  and   Notes  on  Championship 

Games »9 

Best  Amateur  Records  in  America  to  October,  1885.. 

Best  Amateur  Records  in  England  to  October,  1885. . .  23 

--Amateur  Champion  Athletes  of  America — 1876  to  1885          ..24-28 

New  York  Athletic  Club 31 

Staten  Island  Athletic  Club 4  3 

Williamsburgh   Athletic  Club 63 

Manhattan  Athletic  Club 

Hints  on  Exercising 

Table  Showing  the  Digestibility  of  Food  . 

Definition  of  an  Amateur  Oarsman  and  Notes  on  Championship 
Regatta. 

Amateur   Champion  Oarsmen  of  America— 1873  to  1885...      89-91 

Kill   Von   Kull   Rowing  Association.  .  92 

Argonauta  Rowing   Association. 

Viking  Rowing  Association .  .  . 

Bayonne  Rowing  Association. 

Newark  Bay  Boat  Club 97 

Staten  Island  Rowing  Club.  . 

Clifton  Boat  Club 

Bayonne  Canoe  Club 

Hints    on   Canoeing.  .'.... 

Athletic  Notes  and  Facts— 1885 


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THE  WASHINGTON  LIFE  INSURANCE  COMPANY. 

W.  A.  BREWER,  JR.,  President. 

W.  HAXTUN,  Vice-Pres.  and  Seo'y     CYRUS  MUNN,  Ass'tSec'y.    E.  !?.  FRENCH,  Supt.  of  Agencies. 
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the  date  of  their  entrance  to  the  maturity  of  their  policies,  and  no  other  company  uses  better  means 
to  do  this,  or  has  succeeded  so  well.  A  reference  here  to  a  few  of  the  salient  features  of  their  system 
will  not  be  amiss. 

A  record  under  oath  of  the  premium  notices  required  by  law  is  kept  that  can  be  referred  to  at 
any  time,  and  in  addition  to  this,  and  the  usual  notices  sent  by  the  company,  a  third  notice  is  sent  to 
all  delinquents  when  premiums  are  due  and  unpaid.  This  makes  the  notification  complete,  and  pre- 
vents any  possible  oversight  on  the  part  of  the  policy-holders. 

Paid-uj)  insurance  upon  the  surrender  of  the  policy  is  provided  for  by  statute  and  is  applicable  to 
all  companies  alike,  although  the  "  Washington"  gives  more  than  required  by  law  in  cases  of  surren- 
der of  limited  payment  poUc" 


A  cash  value  after  three  years  is  given  at  any  time  upon  a  proper  release  of  the  company's  obliga- 
tion, no  limit  being  imposed  as  to  specified  periods  of  time,  more  or  less  remote. 

Loans  are  made  by  the  "Washington"  on  policies  which  have  acquired  a  value  of  over  $100,  at  the 
legal  rate  of  interest,  and  upon  the  execution  of  the  proper  form  of  note  furnished  for  such  cases, 
provided  the  policy  is  not  in  favor  of  the  wife  and  is  not  a  paid-up  policy.  The  advantage  of  this 
is  patent  to  all. 

Dividends  are  declared  annually  at  the  end  of  the  first  year  and  each  succeeding  year,  and  may  be 
drawn  in  cash  at  any  time  if  premium  on  the  policy  is  paid  to  date  of  draft 

Dividends  not  drawn  are  voluntarily  and  invariably  applied  by  the  company  to  keep  the  insurance 
in  force  if  the  premiums  are  unpaid,  and  during  the  time  the  policy  is  so  held  the  insured  may  pay  the 
balance  of  premium  in  cash  without  a  medical  re-examination. 

Among  all  the  insurance  companies  no  other  offers  such  a  combination  of  advantages  to  the  as- 
sured as  this. 

In  a  matter  of  such  vital  importance  to  all  as  life  insurance,  and  where  so  many  schemes — some 
good  and  many  bad— present  themselves,  it  is  proper  to  use  the  utmost  care  and  judgment  in  decid- 
ing where  and  how  to  insure.  Insurance  is  and  should  be  a  legitimate  business,  based  upon  the 
experience  and  observation  of  years,  and  it  is  wisest  to  insure  in  such  a  company  as  does  business  on 
the  soundest  principles  and  has  a  good  record  for  a  guarantee. 

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PREFACE. 


In  presenting  this  book,  it  must  be  stated  that,  to 
give  a  complete  history  of  American  Amateur  Aihle= 
tics  would  be  almost  an  impossibility ,  owing  to  the  many 
branches  of  sports  and  innumerable  organizations 
'throughout  the  country. 

This,  however,  has  not  been  attempted,  and  the 
reader  must  bear  in  mind  that  this  edition  is  a  history 
in  itself  only  so  far  as  it  goes,  while  the  accounts  of 
Clubs,  Associations,  Champions  and  (Records  belong 
merely  to  a  few  classes  of  sports  such  as  (Running,  Walk* 
ing,  (Rowing,  Jumping,  (Bicycle  (Riding  and  Handling 
Weights. 

The  majority  of  the  Club  Histories  contained  herein 
have  been  prepared  especially  for  this  book,  and  the  assis- 
tance of  personal  friends  throughout  the  many  different 
organizations  is  hereby  gratefully  acknowledged. 

Jjew  York,  November  ist,  '885. 


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ARLY  in  1879  the  New  York  Athletic  Club  decided  to  give'up 
the  management  of  the  Amateur  Championship  meeting  so 
successfully  established  by  them  three  years  before.  These 
games  had  been  profitable,  but  brought  a  great  deal  of  work  on 
the  officers -of  the  club,  who  were  continually  being  appealed  to 
for  decisions  on  athletic  law,  for  information  as  to  when  the  cham- 
pionship games  would  be  given,  and  as  to  the  programme,  number  of 
entries,  ability  of  contestants,  etc.,  etc.,  ad  infinitum.  This  actually 
forced  the  club,  in  advertising  its  games,  to  request  would-be  contest- 
ants not  to  call  on  officers  of  the  Club  at  their  places  of  business. 
For  these  reasons,  the  Club  was  willing  to  deliver  the  conduct  of  the 
championship  games  to  a  properly  organized  association  of  athletic 
clubs.  While  the  Club  was  still  undecided  as  to  the  best  form  of  a 
call  for  a  meeting  of  such  clubs  to  discuss  the  formation  of  an  asso- 
ciation, the  matter  was  taken  in  hand  by  several  gentlemen  who  had 
been  prominent  in  athletic  circles,  but  who  had  not  been  identified 
with  the  management  of  the  strongest  athletic  clubs.  Prominent 
among  these  were  Messrs.  Goodwin  and  White.  Mr.  Goodwin  had 
been  stroke  of  the  four-oared  crew  of  Columbia  College,  New  York, 
who  had  been  victorious  at  Henley,  England,  and  had  successfully 
conducted  games  in  Madison  Square  Garden,  New  York,  for  the  ben- 
efit of  his  college  boat  club.  Mr.  White  was  one  of  the  best  amateur 
walkers  of  his  day,  but  had  not  done  much  athletic  work  for  several 
years.  These  gentlemen  favored  an  association  formed  of  clubs  whose 
standing,  financial  and  social,  was  of  the  highest  character,  but  severa 
of  which  were  not,  actually  speaking,  athletic  clubs.  After  a  prelim- 
inary conference,  a  meeting  was  held  at  the  Gilsey  House,  New  York 
City,  at  which  Messrs.  Goodwin,  White  and  several  others  met  repre- 
sentatives of  the  prominent  athletic  clubs.  These  latter  contended 
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paths,  or  enclosed  grounds,  should  form  such  association,  and  that 
boat,  lacrosse  and  cricket  clubs  should  not  be  entitled  to  a  voice  in  such 
organization.  A  motion  to  this  effect  having  been  carried,  by  a  very 
close  vote,  an  association  was  formed  under  the  name  of  the  "National 
Association  of  Amateur  Athletes  of  America,"  with  George  W.  Carr, 
of  the  Manhattan  Athletic  Club,  as  President ;  O.  T.  Johnson,  of  the 
Staten  Island  Athletic  Club,  as  Vice  President ;  C.  H.  Truax,  of  the 
New  York  Athletic  Club  (now  Judge  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  the  State 
of  New  York),  as  Secretary,  and  Otis  G.  Webb,  of  the  Plainfield  Ath- 
letic Club,  as  Treasurer.  Soon  after  permanent  organization  had  been 
effected,  the  qualification  for  membership  was  changed,  so  that  any 
athletic  club  giving  a  meeting  with  not  less  than  five  events  open  to 
all  amateurs  became  eligible  for  admission.  It  was  decided  that  any 
club  failing  to  give  at  least  once  a  year  such  a  meeting  should  forfeit 
its  membership  in  the  Association. 

The  first  championship  meeting  under  the  management  of  the  As- 
sociation was  held  on  the  27th  of  September,  1879,  on  the  New  York 
Athletic  Club  grounds,  Mott  Haven,  New  York  City,  and  was  a  decided 
success,  the  events  being  well  contested  and  the  audience  large  and 
enthusiastic. 

The  programme  was  as  follows  : 

Running  100  Yards. 

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Running  One-Quarter  Mile. 

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Running  One  Mile. 

Running  Three  Miles. 

Hurdle  Racing,  120  yards,  10  hurdles,  3  feet  6  inches. 
Walking  One  Mile. 

Walking  Three  Miles. 

Walking  Seven  Miles. 

Running  High  Jump. 

Running  Broad  Jump. 
Pole  Leaping. 

Putting  the  Shot,  16  Ibs. 

Throwing  the  Hammer,  16  Ibs. 
Throwing  56  Ibs.  Weight. 

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GAMES    AND   RKOOED.  NAMES.  OF  WHAT  OLTJB.    YEAR 

Running  100yds 10  sec....  W.  C.  Wilmer Short  Hills  A.  C.  '78 

Running  100  yds 10  sec....  R.  L.  Montague N.  Y.  A   C '78 

Running  220  yds 23f  sec....  L.  E.  Meyers M.  A.  C '76 

Running  440  yds 49  1-5  sec...,  L.  E.  Meyers M  A.  C '79 

Running  half-mile 2m  2  4-5s....  Edward  Merritt N.  Y.  A.  C '77 

Running  one  mile 4m  37  2-5s....  Wm.  J.  Duffy H.  A.  C '79 

Running  three  miles. ...16m  21£s...  E  C.  Stimson Dart'h  Coll '76 

Hurdle  racing  120  yds 17£s....  H.  Edwards  Ficken.  N.  Y.  A.  C '78 

Walking  one  mile 6m  44£s....  T.  H.  Armstrong....  H.  A.  C '77 

Walking  three  miles 21m  42s....  T.  H.  Armstrong....  H.  A.  C 78 

Walking  seven  miles  ...55m  86£s....  W.  H.  Purdy Greenp't  A.  C....  '79 

Running  high  jump 5f  S^in...  J.  P.  Conover C.  Coll.  A.  Ass...  79 

Running  broad  jump 21f  2£in....  W.  C.  Wilmer 8.  H.  A.  C 79 

Pole  leaping lOf  5|in....  W.  Van  Houten S  Am.  A.  C '79 

Putting  the  shot 37f  lOin.... Cuzner McGUniv '78 

Throwing  the  Hammer  ..  87f  lin....  F.  Larkin Princeton  C.A.A.  '79 

Throwing  56  Ih  wt 23f  l|in....  William  B.  Curtis...  N.  Y.  A.  C '79 

Bicycle  race,  2m 6m  59£s....  S.  B.  Pomeroy Manhattan  A.  C..  '79 

The  annual  meeting  of  the  Association  was  held  in  the  evening,  and 
the  following  officers  were  elected  :  President,  George  W.  Carr, 
of  the  Manhattan  Athletic  Club  ;  Vice  President,  M.  M.  Forrest,  of 
the  Scottish  Am.  Athletic  Club  ;  Secretary,  A.  H.  Curtis,  of  the  New  York 
Athletic  Club ;  Treasurer,  Otis  G.  Webb,  of  the  Plainfield  Athletic 
Club  ;  Executive  Committee — E.  A.  Rollins,  of  the  Staten  Island 
Athletic  Club  ;  John  Gath,  of  the  American  Athletic  Club  ;  W.  J.  Tate, 
of  the  Jersey  City  Athletic  Club  ;  Harry  M.  Howard,  of  the  Union 
Athletic  Club  (Boston).  A  resolution  was  passed  that  no  person  be 
allowed  to  compete  at  championship  meetings  who  had  not  been  con- 
nected for  three  months  with  a  club  whose  standing  was  approved  by 
the  Executive  Committee  of  the  Association. 

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The  clubs  forming  the  Association  were  as  follows  : 

AMERICAN  ATHLETIC  CLUB,  -  New  York  City,  N  Y. 
CLINTON  ATHLETIC  CLUB,  -  .  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

ELIZABETH  ATHLETIC  CLUBJ       -  Elizabeth,  N.  J. 

EMPIRE  CITY  ATHLETIC  CLUB,  -  New  York  City,  N.  Y. 
HARLEM  ATHLETIC  CLUB,  -  -  New  York  City,  N.  Y. 
JERSEY  CnT  ATHLETIC  CLUB,  -  -  Jersey  City,  N.  J. 
MANHTTAN  ATHLETIC  CLUB,  -  New  York  City,  N.  Y. 
NEW  YORK  ATHLETIC  CLUB,  -  New  York  City,  N.  Y. 
OLYMPIC  ATHLETIC  CLUB,  -  San  Francisco,  Cal. 

PLAINFIELD  ATHLETIC  CLUB,  -  -  Plainfield,  N.  J. 
SCOTTISH  AMERICAN  ATHLETIC  CLUB,  New  York  City,  N.  Y. 
SHORT  HILLS  ATHLETIC  CLUB,  -  -  Short  Hills,  N.  J. 
STATEN  ISLAND  ATHLETIC  CLUB,  West  New  Brighton,  N.  Y. 
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At  Championship  Games,  to  August  i,  1880. 

GAME.  EECORD.  NAME.  OLTJB. 

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100  Yards  Run -? 

(lOsec  R.  L.  La  Montagne.New  York  A.  C...'78 

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440  Yards  Run 49  1  5sec L.  E.  Meyers Manhattan  A.  C.  .'79 

Half-Mile  Run Imin  56£sec.L.  E.  Meyers Manhattan  A.  C..'80 

One  Mile  Run 4min  29£sec.L.  E.  Meyers Manhattan  A.  C  .'80 

Five-Mile  Run 27min  55JsecW.  H.  Robertson  ...Brooklyn  A.  C....'80 

120  Yds.  Hurdle  Race.. H^sec H.  Edwards  Ficken.New  York  A.  C..'78 

One-Mile  Walk 6m332-5sec.E.  E.  Merrill Union  A  C '80 

Three-MHe  Walk 21min  42sec.T.  H.  Armstrong, jr .  Harlem  A.  C '78 

Seven-Mile  Walk 55min36£secW.  H.  Purdy Greenpoint  A.  C.'79 

Running  High  Jump  ...Sfeet  8£ins.  .J.  P.  Conover Col.  Coll,  A.  C....'79 

Running  Broad  Jump  ..21feet  Sins...  J.  S.  Voorhees Brooklyn  A.  C.../90 

Pole  Leaping lOfeet  7|ins.B.  F.  Richardson  ...Scot.  Am.  A.  C.../80 

Putting  the  Shot 38feet  2£ins.J.  A.  Fullerton Montreal  L.  C '80 

Throwing  the  Hammer.  87feet  linch.F.  Larkin Princeton  C.  A.  A. '79 

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THE  NATIONAL  ASSOCIATION  OF  A.  A.  A.  13 

At  the  annual  meeting,  the  officers  elected  were  A.  H.  Curtis,  Pres- 
ident, of  the  New  York  Athletic  Club  ;  E.  A.  Rollins,  Vice  President, 
of  the  Staten  Island  Athletic  Club ;  M.  M.  Forrest,  Secretary,  of  the 
Scottish  American  Athletic  Club  ;  Otis  G  Webb,  Treasurer,  of  the 
Plainfield  Athletic  Club. 

On  September  25,  1881,  the  championship  meeting  was  again  held 
at  Mott  Haven,  The  following  clubs  had  become  members  during 
the  year  :  Baltimore,  Montclair,  Orion  (Jersey  City),  Passaic  (N.  J  ), 
Rye  (N.  Y. ),  Williamsburg  (Brooklyn,  N.  Y. ),  and  Young  America 
Cricket  Club  (Philadelphia,  Pa. ) 

The  same  officers  were  elected  for  1881— '82.  William  McEwen,  of 
the  Manhattan  Athletic  Club,  was  elected  official  handicapper. 

This  year  the  programme  was  as  follows  : 

i. — 100  Yards  Run,  trials. 

2. —Seven  Mile  Walk. 

3. — Running  High  Jump. 

4. — Throwing  the  Hammer. 

5 — Running  Broad  Jump. 

6. — Putting  the  Shot. 
7. — Pole  Leaping. 

8. — Throwing  561b.  Weight. 

9. — 100  Yards  Run,  final. 

10. — Bicycle  Race,  two  miles. 

ii.— Half-Mile  Run. 

12. — Team  Tug  of  War,  trials.     5  men,  2  subs. 
13.— One  Mile  Walk. 

14. — 440  Yards  Run,  trial. 
15. — Five  Mile  Run. 

1 6. — 440  Yards  Run,  final. 

17. — 120  Yds  Hurdle  Race. 
1 8.— Team  Tug  of  War,  final. 

19. — 120  Yards  Hurdle  Race,  final 
20. — 220  Yards  Run,  trials. 

21. — Individual  Tug  of  War,  trials. 
22.— Three  Mile  Walk. 

23. — 220  Yards  Run,  final. 

24. — Individual  Tug  of  War,  final. 
25. — One  Mile  Run. 


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BEST  AMATEUR  RECORDS  IN  AMERICA. 
At  Championship  Games  ;  to  July  i,  1881. 

GAME.  RECORD.  NAME.  OLUB. 

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100  Yards  Run <j  lOsec R.L  La  Montagne.N.  Y.  A.C...'78 

[lOsec L.  E.  Meyers M.  A.  C '80 

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440  Yards  Run 401-5sec ,L.  E.  Meyers M.  A.  0 '79 

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One  Mile  Run 4min  29|sec L.E.  Meyers M.  A.  C '80 

Five  Mile  Run 26min  Msec J.  H.  Gifford Irish  A.  A.  C.  81 

120 Yds  Hurdle  Race.. ..17isec H.  Ed.  Ficken N.Y.  A   C....78 

One  Mile  Walk 6min  33  2  5sec.  .E.  E.  Merrill Union  A.  C....80 

Three  Mile  Walk 21min  42sec T.H.Armstrong,  jr. Harlem  A.  C.'78 

Seven  Mile  Walk 54min  7sec E.  E.  Merrill........ Scot.  Am.A.C.'80 

Running  High  Jump.... 5ft  8£in J.  P.  Conover Col.  Coll.A.A.  79 

Running  Broad  Jump.. .22ft  7fin J.  S.  Voorhees M.  A.  C '81 

Pole  Leaping 10ft  llin W.  J.  Van  Houten.Scot.  Am.A.C.'80 

Putting  the  Shot 38ft  2£in J.  A.  Fullerton MontrealL.  C.  80 

Throwing  the  Hammer. 88ft  3  3-5in C.A.J.Queckberner.Scot.  Am. A. C.  80 

Throwing  561b. Weight. 24ft  4in Jas.  S.  McDermott.Scot.  Am.A.C.  80 

Bicycle  Race,  2  miles  ...6min  27sec W.  S  Clark N.Y   B'cle  C.  80 


On  March  4,  1882,  it  was  decided  to  give  the  annual  championship 
games  on  June  10,  1882,  at  the  Polo  Grounds,  New  York  City,  for 
the  purpose  of  giving  college  athletes  a  better  chance  to  contest. 
The  games  were  given  on  that  date,  and  at  the  annual  meeting  A.  H. 
Curtis  was  re  elected  President;  H.  W.  J.  Telfair,  Staten  Island  A.  C, 
V. -President;  G.  H.  Badeau,  Williamsburgh  A.  C,  Sec.;  P.  H.  Char- 
bock,  Elizabeth  A.  C. ,  Treas.  The  associate  clubs  were  the  Adelphi, 
American,  Baltimore,  Elizabeth,  Manhattan,  Montreal,  New  York, 
Olympic,  Scottish-American,  Staten  Island,  Union,  Williamsburg  and 
Inter-Collegiate  Association.  The  events  given  this  year  were  the 
same  as  in  1881,  except  team  tug-of-war. 

In  1883  the  championship  games  were  given  June  ad,  at  Mott 
Haven,  and  the  associate  clubs  were  the  same  as  in  the  year  previous. 
G.  H.  Badeau  was  elected  President;  H.  W.  J.  Telfair,  V.  Pres. ;  W. 
S.  Sloan  (Inter-Collegiate  Association),  Sec.,  and  J.  C.  Wetmore 
(Elizabeth  A.  C.)  Treas.  The  programme  was  essentially  the  same 
as  in  previous  years. 


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On  September  27,  1884,  the  ninth  annual  championship  meeting 
was  held  on  the  grounds  of  the  Williamsburgh  Athletic  Club,  DeKalb 
avenue,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  the  number  and  character  of  contests  being 
about  the  same  as  the  year  before.  At  the  annual  meeting,  held  at 
the  Metropolitan  Hotel,  N.  Y.,  the  ensuing  evening,  G.  H.  Badeau 
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Pres. ;  J.  M.  Wainwright  (Inter-Collegiate  Association),  Sec.,  and  W. 
C  Wilmer  (New  York  A.  C.)  Treas.  G.  D.  Baird  was  elected  official 
handicapper. 

On  March  21,  1885,  an  amended  definition  of  an  amateur,  which 
had  been  prepared  by  a  special  committee  appointed  some  time  be- 
fore, was  submitted  and,  after  slight  alteration,  adopted. 

On  April  30,  1885,  arrangements  were  made  with  the  League  of 
American  Wheelmen  by  which  the  bicycle  rules  of  both  associations 
became  identical. 

The  championship  meeting  was  held  this  year  on  the  Manhattan 
Athletic  Club  grounds,  New  York  City,  on  June  13,  a  slightly  shorter 
programme  being  given. 


ASSOCIATE    CLUBS,    1885: 

AMERICAN  ATHLETIC  CLUB,       -  New  York  City,  N.  Y. 

BALTIMORE  ATHLETIC  CLUB,       -       -       -        Baltimore,  Md. 

INTER-COLLEGIATE  ATHLETIC  ASSOCIATION,     -     

MANHATTAN  ATHLETIC  CLUB,  -  -  New  York  City,  N.  Y. 
MISSOURI  ATHLETIC  CLUB,  -  -  -  -  St.  Louis,  Mo. 
NEW  YORK  ATHLETIC  CLUB,  -  -  New  York  City,  N.  Y. 
OLYMPIC  ATHLETIC  CLUB,  -  -  -  New  York  City,  N.  Y. 
PATERSON  ATHLETIC  CLUB,  ....  Paterson,  N.  J. 
STAR  ATHLETIC  CLUB,  Long  Island  City,  N.  Y. 

STATEN  ISLAND  ATHLETIC  CLUB,  West  New  Brighton,  N.  Y. 
UNION  AMATEUR  ATHLETIC  CLUB,  -  -  Boston,  Mass. 
WILLIAMSBURGH  ATHLETIC  CLUB,  -  -  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

At  the  annual  meetin  G.  H.  Badeau  was  re-elected  President;  A. 
H.  Curtis  (New  York  A.  C.),  V.-Pres.;  C.  H.  Mapes  (Inter-Collegiate 
A.  C),  Sec.,  arid  W.  C.  Rowland  (Staten  Island  A.  C),  Treas.  W.  G. 
Hegeman  was  elected  official  handicapper. 


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AMATEUR  DEFINITION.  19 

AN    AMATEUR, 

AS     DEFINED     BY     THE     NATIONAL     ASSOCIATION. 

An  amateur  is  any  person  who  has  never  competed  in  an  open 
competition,  for  money,  or  under  a  false  name,  or  with  a  professional 
for  a  prize,  or  where  gate-money  is  charged;  or  has  never  at  any  time 
taught,  pursued  or  assisted  at  athletic  exercises  for  money,  or  for  any 
valuable  consideration. 

CHAMPIONSHIP     PRIZES. 

A  gold  championship  medal  will  be  given  to  the  winner  in  each 
contest,  a  silver  medal  to  each  winner  of  a  second  place,  and  a  bronze 
medal  to  each  winner  of  a  third  place. 

CHAMPIONSHIP      CLUB      PRIZE. 

A  handsome  stand  of  colors  will  also  be  presented  to  the  club 
making  the  largest  number  of  points,  as  follows:  A  winner  in  each 
contest  will  be  entitled  to  five  points,  the  second  man  three  points, 
and  the  third  man  one  point. 

BEST     ON     RECORD     PRIZES. 

A  special  prize  will  be  awarded  to  the  competitor  who  shall  beat 
an  English  record  at  an  American  championship  game  which  has  not 
been  previously  beaten  in  this  country. 

An  entrance  fee  (not  returnable)  of  two  dollars  per  man,  for  each 
and  every  game,  must  accompany  all  entries,  and  in  case  any  entry  is 
accepted,  the  person  entering  will  receive  a  competitor's  ticket. 

The  committee  reserve  the  right  to  refuse  or  strike  out  any 
entry. 

Colors  must  be  described  in  this  order  :  First,  color  of  handker- 
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Where  clubs  have  adopted  a  special  insignia,  it  will  be  noted  in 
the  programme. 

Any  competitor  not  a  member  of  some  recognized  athletic  or 
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person,  who  can  vouch  for  his  being  an  amateur. 

PROGRAMME     FOR     CHAMPIONSHIP     GAMES. 

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AMATEUR  CHAMPIONS  OF  AMERICA. 

1876, 

100  Yards  Run Fred'k.   C.   Saportas.New  York  City lOi  sec, 

440  Yards  Run Edward  Merritt New  York  A.  C 54£  sec* 

Half-Mile  Run Harold  Lambe Toronto,  Canada... 2 min.  lOsec. 

One  Mile  Run Harold  Lambe Toronto,  Canada.4  min.  51^  sec. 

120  Yards  Hurdle  Race .  George  Hitchcock New  York  City /:19  sec. 

Running  High  Jump....H.  Edwards  Ficken... New  York  A.  C 5  ft.  5  in. 

Running  Broad  Jump. ..Isaiah  Frazier Yonkers  Lyceum. ..17  ft.  4  in. 

Putting  the  Shot H.  E.  Buermeyer New  York  A.  C 34ft.  5  in. 

Throwing  the  Hammer. Wm.  B.  Curtis New  York  A.  C 76  ft.  4  in. 

One  Mile  Walk D.  M.  Stern New  York  A.  C...7min.  31  sec. 

Three  Mile  Walk D.  M.  Stern New  York  A.  C.. 25  min.  12  sec. 

Seven  Mile  Walk Charles  Connor New  York  City.. 58  min.  32^  sec. 


1877. 

100  Yards  Run Charles  C.  Mclvor Montreal,  Canada 10k  sec. 

220  Yards  Run Edward  Merritt New  York  A.  C 24  sec. 

440  Yards  Run Edward  Merritt New  York  A.  C 55±  sec. 

Half-Mile  Run R.  R.  Colgate New  York  A.  C...2  min.  5J  sec. 

One  Mile  Run Richard  Morgan Harlem  A.  C 4  min.  49f  sec. 

120  Yards  Hurdle  Race.H.  Edwards  Ficken. ..New  York  A.  C IS^sec. 

Running  High  Jump....H.  Edwards  Ficken. ..New  York  A.  C 5  ft.  2  in. 

Running  Broad  Jump...W.  T.  Livingston Harlem  A.  C 18  ft.  9£  in. 

Pole  Leaping George  McNichol Scottish  A.  A.  C 9  ft.  7  in. 

Putting  the  Shot H.  E.  Buermeyer New  York  A.  C 37  ft.  2  in. 

Throwing  the  Hammer. George  D.  Parmly.  ..Princeton  College  A.  C 84ft. 

One  Mile  Walk E.  C.  Holske Harlem  A.  C...7min.  11 4-5  sec. 

Three  Mile  Walk E.  C.  Holske Harlem  A.  C... 23  min.  9  2-5  sec. 

Seven  Mile  Walk T.  H.  Armstrong,  Jr.Harlem  A. C. 55  min.  59  2-5  sec. 

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1878. 

100  Yards  Run W.  C.  Wilmer Short  Hills  A.  C 10  sec. 

220  Yards  Run W.  C.  Wilmer Short  Hills  A.  C 22J  sec. 

440  Yards  Run Frank  W.  Brown Glenwood  A.  C 54f  sec. 

Half-Mile  Run ...EdwardMerritt New  York  A.  C...2  min.  5£sec. 

One  Mile  Run Thomas  H.  Smith Manhattan  A.  C.4nain.  5l£  sec. 

Three  Mile  Run .William  J.  Duffy Harlem  A.  C 17  min.  25  sec. 

120  Yards  Hurdle  Race.H.  Edwards  Ficken...New  York  A.  C 17£sec. 

Running  High  Jump....H.  Edwards  Ficken...New  York  A.  C 5  ft.  5  in. 

Running  Broad  Jump...W.  C.  Wilmer Short  Hills  A.  C 18ft.  9  in. 

Pole  Leaping Alfred  Ing Scottish  Amer.  A.  C...9  ft.  4  in. 

Putting  the  Shot H.  E.  Beurmeyer New  York  A.  C 37  ft.  4  in. 

Throwing  the  Hammer.  William  B.  Curtis New  York  A.  C 80  ft.  2  in. 

Throwing56  Ib.  Weight. William  B.  Curtis New  York  A.  C 21  ft. 

Three  Mile  Walk T.  H.  Armstrong,  Jr. Harlem  A.  C... .23  min.  12$  sec. 

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1879. 
100  Yards  Run  ............  B.  R.  Value  .............  Elizabeth  A.  C  .............  1  Of  sec. 

220  Yards  Run  ............  L.  E.  Myers.:......  .....  Manhattan  A.  C  ............  23|  sec. 

440  Yards  Run  ............  L.  E.  Myers  .............  Manhattan  A.  C  .......  52  2-5  sec. 

Half-Mile  Run  .............  L.  E.  Myers  .............  Manhattan  A.  C.2niin.  12-5  sec. 

One  Mile  Run  .............  H.  M.  Pellatt  ............  Toronto  L.  C..4  min.  43  2-5  sec. 

Three  Mile  Run  ............  P.  J.  McDonald  ........  Irish  A.  A.  C..15miu  38  3-5  sec. 

120  Yards  Hurdle  Race.J  E.  Haigh  ..............  Scottish  Amer.  A.  C  ......  19  sec. 

Running  High  Jump..W.  Wunder  .............  Olympic  A.  C.,  Phila...5ft.  7  in. 

Running  Broad  Jump...F.  J.  Kilpatrick  ........  New  York  A.  C  ......  19  ft.  6}  in. 

Pole  Leaping  ...............  W.  T.  Van  Houten....  Scottish  A.  A.  C....10  ft.  4|  in. 

Putting  the  Shot  ..........  A,  W.  Adams  ..........  Scottish  A.  A.  C....36  ft.  3*  in. 

Throwing  the  Hammer.  J.  McDermott  ...........  Scottish  A.  A.  C...86  ft.  11$  in. 

Throwing  56  Ib.  Weight.  J.  McDermott  ..........  Scottish  A.  A.  C....22  ft.  11  in. 

One  Mile  Walk  ............  W,  H.  Purdy  ............  Greenpoint  A.  C..6  min48f  sec. 

Three  Mile  Walk  .........  W.  H.  Purdy  ............  Greenpoint  A.  C.22  min.  58f  sec. 

Seven  Mile  Walk  .........  E.  E.  Merrill  ............  Union  A.  C.,  Boston.56m.  4sec. 

Bicycle  Race,  2  miles..  .L.  H.  Johnson  ..........  Essex  B.  C  ........  7  min.  22  sec. 

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1880. 
100  Yards  Run  ............  L.  E.  Myers  .............  Manhattan  A.  C  .......  10  2-5  sec. 

220  Yards  Run  ............  L.  E.  Myers  .............  Manhattan  A.  C  ........  233-5sec. 

440  Yards  Run  ............  L.  E.  Myers  .............  Manhattan  A.  C  ............  52  sec. 

Half  Mile  Run  ........  ....L.  E    Myers  ...........  ..Manhattan  A.  C.  2  nrin.  4  3-5  sec. 

One  Mile  Run,  ............  H._  Fredericks  ...........  Manhattan  A.  C.  4m.  89  3-5  sec- 

Five  Mile  Run  .............  J/H.  Gifford  ............  Irish  A.  A.  C..  27  m.  51  3-5  sec. 

120  Yards  Hurdle  Race.  H.  H.  Moritz  ............  Scottish  A.  A.  C  ......  19  1-5  sec. 

Running  High  Jump..  ..A.  L.  Carroll  ............  Staten  Island  A.  C  ......  5  ft.  5  in- 

Running  Broad  Jump...J.  S.  Voorhees  ..........  Manhattan  A.  C  .......  21  ft.  4  in. 

Pole  Leaping  ...............  W.  J.  Van  Houten....  Scottish  Amer.  A.  C.  10ft.  11  in. 

Putting  the  Shot  ..........  A.  W.  Adams  ...........  Scottish  Amer.  A.C.  36ft.  4£in. 

Throwing  the  Hammer.  W.  B.  Curtis  ............  New  York  A.   C  .....  87  ft.  4^  in. 

Throwing  56  Ib.  Weight.  J.  S.  McDermott  .......  Scottish  Amer.  A.  C.24  ft.  4  in. 

'Hie  Mile  Walk  ............  E.  E.  Merrill  ............  Scottish  A.  A.  C....7min.  4sec. 

Three  Mile  Walk  ..........  E.  E.  Merrill  ............  Scottish  A.  A.  C..22  m.  284-5  s. 

Seven  Mile  Walk  .........  J.  B.  Clark  ...............  Empire  City  A.  C.54  m.  47  3-5  s. 

Bicycle  Race,  2  miles..  .L.  H.  Johnson  ..........  Manhattan  A.  C...6  m.  56  4-5  s. 

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|  J.  W.  Carter  .............  | 

Tug  of  War  (team  of  five)-<J  J.  H.  Walden  ............  }-New  York  A.  C. 

|  H.  E.  Buermeyer  ......  | 

[J.  H.  Montgomery  .....  J 
Tug  of  War  (Individual  ......  C.  A.  J.  Quackberner  .....  Scottish  Amer.  A  C 

1881. 
100  Yards  Run  ............  L.E.Myers  ...........  Manhattan  A.  C  .........  10±  sec. 

220  Yards  Run  ............  L.  E.  Myers  ............  Manhattan  A.  C  ..........  23^  sec. 

440  Yards  Run  ...........  L.  E.  Myers  .............  Manhattan  A.  C  ........  49  2-5  sec. 

Half  Mile  Run  ......  .  ......  Walter  Smith  ............  Williamsburg  A.  C.  2min.4sec. 

One  Mile  Run  .............  H.  Fredericks  ..........  Manhattan  A.  C..4m.  32  3-5  see. 

Five  Mile  Run  .............  W.  C.  Davies  ............  Williamsb'g  A.  C.  27  m.  434-5  s. 

120  Yards  Hurdle  Race.J.  A.  Tivey  ..............  Williamsburg  A.  C  .......  17$  sec. 

Running  High  Jump....C.  W.  Durand.  .........  Staten  Island  A.  C  .....  5  ft.  8  in- 

Running  Broad  Jump...J.  S.  Voorhees  .........  Manhatttan  A.  C.  ..21  ft.  4f  in. 

Pole  Leaping  ...............  W.  J.  Van  Houten....  Scottish  A.  A.  C  ......  10  ft.  6  in. 

Putting  the  Shot  ..........  F.  L.  Lambrecht  .......  Pastime  A.  C  .........  37  ft.  5£  in. 

Throwing  the  Hammer.  F.  L.  Lambrecht  .......  Pastime  A.  C  .........  89  ft.  8  in. 

Throwing  56  Ib.  Weight.  J.  Britten  ................  Scottish  A.  A.  C  .............  24  ft. 

One  Mile  Walk  ............  E.  E.  Merrill  ............  Union  A.  C.,  Boston  ...  7m.  2Js. 

Three  Mile  Walk  .........  E.  E.  Merrill  ............  Union  A.  C.,  Boston.  23m.55fs. 

Seven  Mile  Walk  .........  W.  H.  Purdy  ............  Manhattan  A.  C  ......  58  m.  43s. 

Bicycle  Race,  2  Miles.  ..C.  H.  Reed  ..............  New  York  A  .....  '.   7  in.  6  ±  s. 

fC.  A.  Berwin  ...............  ") 

C.  P.  Gaffney  ................ 

Tug  of  War  .............  -(  M.  Gorman  ....................  I  Harlem  A.  C. 

R.  Payton  .....................  | 

(J.  O.  Stephens  ...............  J 

Tug  of  War  (Individual)  C.  A.  J.  Quackberner  .........  S.  A.  A.  C. 

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AMATEUR  CHAMPIONS  OF  AMERICA. 

1882. 

100  Yards A.  Waldron Manhattan  A.  C.. no  time  taken. 

220  Yards H.  S*  Brooks,  Jr Yale  University  A.  C.223-5sec. 

440  Yards L.  E.  Myers Manhattan  A.  C. 51  3-5  sec. 

880  Yards W.  H.  Goodwin,  Jr... New  York  A.  C...1  m.  561  sec. 

One  Mile  Run H.  Fredericks Manhattan  A.  C.. 4m.  36  1-5  sec. 

120  Yards  Hurdle J.  A.  Tivey Williamsbg  A.  C 16  4-5  sec. 

One  Mile  Walk W.  H.  Parry Wiiliamsb'g  A.C.7m.  10  3-5  sec. 

Three  Mile  Walk F.  G.  Trunkett Wiiliamsb'g  A.  C... 24m.  19  sec. 

Seven  Mile  Walk F.  P.  Murray Wiiliamsb'g  A.  C.. 57m.  18$  sec. 

Putting  the  Shot F.  L.  Lambrecht Pastime  A.  C 39ft.  9^  in. 

Throwing  the  Hammer, F.  L.  Lambrecht Pastime  A.  C 93  ft.  I  in. 

Running  High  Jump...  A.  L.  Carroll Staten  Island  A.  C 5ft.  7 in. 

Running  Long  Jump.... F.  J  Jenkins,  Jr New  York  A.  C 21  ft.  5f  in. 

Pole  Vaulting B.  J.  Richardson Scottish  A.  A.  C 10  ft. 

Throwing561b.  Weight  H.  W.  West Boston  Y.  M.  C.  A.. 24ft.  10|  in. 

Five  Mile  Run T.  F.  Delaney Gramercy  A.  C...37  m.  34  2-5  s. 

Two  Mile  Bicycle G.  D.  Gideon GermantownB.  C..6  m.  41  3  5s. 

Five  Mile  Bicycle G.  D.  Gideon GermantownB.  C17m.  19 4-5 s. 

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1883. 

100  Yards  Run A.  Waldron Manhattan  A.  C 10£  sec. 

220  Yards  Run H.  S.  Brooks,  Jr Yale  U.  A.  C 224-5  sec. 

440  Yards  Run L.  E.  Myers Manhattan  A.  C 52^  sec. 

880  Yards  Run J.  J.  Murphy Manhattan  A.  C..2  m.  42-5  sec. 

One  Mile  Run H.  Fredericks  Manhattan  A.  C.  4  m.  36  4-5  sec. 

120  Yards  Hurdle S.  A.  Safford American  A.  C 19  2-5  sec. 

One  Mile  Walk F.  P.  Murray Wiiliamsb'g  A.  C...6  m.  46  sec. 

Three  Mile  Walk G.  S.  Baird American  A.  C..22  m.  835  sec. 

Seven  Mile  Walk W.  H.  Meek West  Side  A.C.  56  m.  48  2-5  sec. 

Putting  the  Shot F.  L.  Lambrecht Pastime  A.  C 43  in. 

Throwing  the  Hammer.  W.  L.  Condon Baltimore  A.  C 93  ft.  11  ft. 

Runnfcig  Long  Jump....M.  W.  Ford New  York  A.  C 21  ft.  7£  in. 

Run ning  High  Jump.... M.  W.  Ford New  York  A.  C 5ft.  8£  in. 

Pole  Vaulting H.  H.  Baxter New  York  A.  C 11  ft.  3  in. 

Throwing  56  Ib.  Weight. F.  L.  Lambrecht Pastime  A.  C 25ft.  1^  in. 

Five  Mile  Run T.   F.    Delaney Wiiliamsb'g  A.  C.26m.  472-5  s. 

Two  Mile  Bicycle G.  M.  Hendee S.  B.  C. 6  min.  47  1-5  sec. 

Five  Mile  Bicycle R.  G.  Rood Ixion  B.  C...17  min.  37  2-5  sec. 

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1884, 

100  Yards  Run M.  W.  Ford New  York  A.  C 1045  sec. 

220  Yards  Run L.  E.  Myers Manhattan  A.  C 241-5  sec. 

440  Yards  Run L.  E.  Myers • Manhattan  A.  C 55  4-5  sec. 

880  Yards  Run L.  E.  Myers ManhattanA.  C.2min.  94-5  sec. 

One  Mile  Run P.  C.  Madeira P.  F.  &  S.  A..4  min.  36  4,5  sec. 

120  Yards  Hurdle S.  A.  Safford American  A.  C 18  1-5  sec. 

One  Mile  Walk F.  P.Murray Williamsbg  A.  C..6m.  543-5  s. 

Three  Mile  Walk F.  P.Murray Williamsb'gA.  C.23  m.  15  2-5  s. 

Seven  Mile  Walk E.  F.  McDonald West  Side  A.  C 56  m.  28  s. 

Putting  the  Shot F.  L.  Lambrecht Manhattan  A.  C 39ft.  10  in. 

Throwing  the  Hammer. F.  L.  Lambrecht Manhattan  A.  C 92  ft.  5  in. 

Running  Long  Jump.... M.  W.   Ford New  York  A.  C 20  ft.  1£  in. 

Running  High  Jump.... J.  T.  Rhinehardt American  A.  C 5  ft.  8  in. 

Pole  Vaulting H.H.Baxter New  York  A.  C 10  ft. 

Throwing 56 Ib.  Weight. C.  A.  J.  Quackberner.New  York  A.  C 26ft.  3£  in. 

Five  Mile  Run George  Stonebridge...West  Side  A.  C....27  m.  45  sec. 

Two  Mile  Bicycle L.  Hamilton Waterbury,  Conn.. .6  m.  58  sec. 

Five  Mile  Bicycle L.  Hamilton Waterbury,  Conn.. 18  m.  36 sec. 


1885. 

100  Yards  Run ..M.   W.  Ford New  York  A.  C 10  3-5  sec. 

220  Yards  Run M.    W.  Ford ..New  York  A.  C 24  4-5  sec. 

440  Yards  Run H.  M.  Raborg New  York  A.    C 54  1-5  sec. 

880  Yards  Run H.  L.  Mitchell Yale  College  A.  C..2  m.  2  3-5  s. 

One  Mile  Run G.  Y.  Gilbert ManhattanA.  C..4m.  451  5  sec. 

120  Yards  Hurdle A.  A.  Jordan Manhattan  A.  C 17  3-5  sec. 

One  Mile  Walk G.  D.  Baird Olympic  AC 6  min.  42  sec. 

Three  Mile  Walk E.  D.  Lange ManhattanA.  C.  23  m.  10  3  5  s. 

Seven  Mile  Walk F.  P.  Murray Williamsb's  A.  C.  54  m.  31 1-5  s. 

Putting  the  Shot F.  L.  Lambrecht Manhattan  A.  C 42ft.  2f  in. 

Throwing  the  Hammer.  F.  L.  Lambrecht ManhattanA.  C 96ft.  10  in. 

Running  Long  Jump.... M.   W.  Ford New  York  A.  C 21  ft.  6  in. 

Running  High  Jump....W.  B.  Page P.  F.  &  S.  A 5  ft.  9J  in. 

Pole  Vaulting H.  H.Baxter New  York  A.  C 11  ft.  3  in 

Throwing 56  Ib  Weight  C.  A.  J.  Quackberner.New  York  A.  C 26  ft.  3  in. 

Five  Mile  Run P.  D.  Skillman Manhattan  A.  C...27  m.  13  2-5  s 

Four  Mile  Bicycle A.  B.  Rich Staten  Island  A.C.  14m.  22-5s. 

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HISTORY    OF    THE 

NEW  YORK  ATHLETIC  CLUB, 

NEW    YORK    CITY. 


THE  New  York  Athletic  Club  was  born  June  17,  1866,  in  the  back 
parlor  of  No.  200  Sixth  avenue,  New  York  city  (now  a  part  of  R. 
H.  Macy  &  Co.'s  store,  but  then  a  private  residence),  and  its  parents 
were  : — 

JOHN  C.   BABCOCK, 

HENRY  E.   BUERMEYER, 
WILLIAM  B.  CURTIS. 

Babcock  and  Curtis — brothers  since  boyhood  in  everything  save 
birth — had  been  for  twelve  years  enthusiastic  athletes,  although  ath- 
letic clubs  and  athletic  meetings  were  as  yet  unknown.  Unable  to  find 
associates,  or  competitions,  or  prizes,  they  nevertheless  faithfully  prac- 
ticed running,  walking,  leaping,  feats  of  strength,  swimming  and 
skating,  solely  for  their  own  health  and  amusement.  There  being  so 
many  days  in  which  the  weather  made  it  necessary  to  substitute  in- 
door for  outdoor  sport,  they  fitted  up  their  back  parlor  with  dumb- 
bells, clubs,  lifting-machines,  boxing-gloves  and  all  the  other  para- 
phernalia of  a  first-class  gymnasium,  and  snugly  ensconced  in  this 
cozy  shrine  of  manly  sport,  they  successfully  bade  defiance  to  frost 
and  storm. 

The  most  frequent  and  welcome  visitor  at  No.  200  Sixth  avenue 
was  Henry  E.  Buermeyer,  of  Brooklyn,  whose  personal  prowess  and 
ardent  love  of  all  manly  sport  made  him  a  most  congenial  guest. 

In  1866  amateur  athletic  sport  had  just  begun  to  assume  promi- 
nence in  England.  The  first  English  amateur  athletic  club,  the 
Mincing  Lane — a  name  soon  changed  to  the  London  Athletic  Club— >- 
was  founded  in  June,  1863;  the  first  Oxford-Cambridge  games  were 
held  March  5,  1864,  and  the  first  amateur  championship  meeting 
March  23,  1866.  June  17,  1866,  was  a  rainy  Sunday,  and  in  the  par- 
lor at  200  Sixth  avenue,  Babcock,  Buermeyer  and  Curtis,  enjoying 

MARVIN'S  SAFEST  "Sliding  Back  Plate." 


32  THE  NEW  YORK  ATHLETIC  CLUB. 

needed  rest  after  a  half  hour  with  the  heavy  weights,  discussed  the 
rapid  rise  and  spread  of  athletic  sports  in  England,  and  decided  to 
begin  at  once  an  earnest  and  persistent  endeavor  to  interest  American 
youth  in  those  matters,  and  eventually  to  found  an  American  amateur 
athletic  club  on  the  model  of  its  English  predecessors.  No.  200 
Sixth  avenue  was  chosen  as  the  headquarters  and  weekly  rendezvous. 

Those  whose  acquaintance  with  amateur  athletics  dates  back  but 
a  few  years  can  hardly  appreciate  the  coolness  with  which  these  sports 
were  at  first  received  here,  arrd  the  difficulty  experienced  by  these 
three  athletic  crusaders  in  inducing  recruits  to  rally  around  their  ban- 
ner. Babcock  was  a  member  of  the  Nassau  Boat  Club,  while  his  as- 
sociates had  seats  in  the  racing  crew  of  the  Atlantic  Boat  Club.  Nat- 
urally, the  first  to  follow  their  lead  were  members  of  these  two  rowing 
clubs,  but  after  a  while  outsiders  began  to  drop  in  one  by  one.  ' 

When  mud,  snow  or  storm  prevented  outdoor  work,  the  weekly 
reunion  was  limited  to  a  half-day's  session  at  200  Sixth  avenue.  The 
participants,  though  few,  were  of  high  athletic  rank,  competition  was 
spirited,  and  the  greatest  lifting  feat  on  record  is  credited  to  one  of 
these  meetings. 

Not  only  did  the  members  thus  amuse  themselves,  but  that  snug 
back  parlor  soon  secured  a  national  reputation  as  a  sort  of  muscular 
assay  office,  where  candidates  for  athletic  honors  could  have  their 
abilities  accurately  tested  and  their  athletic  rank  definitely  established. 
Did  some  rural  village  boast  an  Herculean  dumb-bell  lifter,  he  was 
escorted  to  200  Sixth  avenue,  introduced  to  those  three  hollow 
dumb-bells — loading  from  60  pounds  to  200  pounds — and  went  home 
knowing  the  exact  difference  between  his  actual  and  his  reputed 
strength.  Did  newspapers  report  some  Samsonian  club-swinger,  he 
was  straightway  confronted  with  those  jointed  clubs — loading  from  12 
pounds  to  100  pounds — and  speedily  enabled  to  prove  the  limit  of  his 
powers.  Was  there  somewhere  a  famous  lifter,  he  was  decoyed  sooner 
or  later  into  the  trap,  mounted  on  the  old  ash  lifting-table,  and  al- 
lowed to  learn  for  himself  the  remarkable  difference  between  lifting 
weighed  pounds  and  guessed  pounds.  Did  the  friends  of  some  stal 
wart  boxer  become  a  trifle  boisterous  in  his  boasts,  he  was  invited  to 
the  back  parlor,  and  permitted  to  display  his  talent  to  his  heart's  con- 
tent in  mimic  battle  with  that  suave  and  gentle  giant,  H.  E.  Buer- 
meyer.  A  strict  regard  for  historic  truth  makes  necessary  the  admis- 
sion that  there  is  no  authentic  record  of  any  instance  in  which  an  as- 
pirant for  fistic  honors  returned  for  a  second  lesson.  The  carefulness 
and  exactness  with  which  these  trials  were  conducted  soon  gained 
public  recognition,  and  for  several  years  the  fact  that  any  feat  had  been 


THE  NEW  YORK  ATHLETIC  CLUB.  33 

accomplished  at  No.  200  Sixth  avenue  was  a  Hall-mark  which  stamped 
the  performance  as  sterling  silver. 

Whenever  the  weather  permitted,  the  parlor  was  abandoned  and 
•port  pursued  in  the  open  air.  The  first  rendezvous  was  on  the  half- 
mile  track  connected  with  the  old  "Red  House,"  Mark  Maguire's 
famous  roadside  hostelry,  at  the  head  of  Harlem  lane.  Here,  after 
running  the  half-mile  circuit  in  2m.  305.,  or  walking  it  in  5m. — feats 
then  considered  worthy  of  note — the  fathers  of  the  club,  thoroughly 
exhausted  by  such  extraordinary  efforts,  would  throw  themselves  on 
the  grass  for  a  half-hour's  rest,  and  then  spend  another  thirty  minutes 
in  conversation  with  that  quaint  Yorkshireman,  James  McKay,  who 
had  established  a  boat-building  shop  in  the  second  story  of  Maguire's 
stable,  and  was  just  then  hard  at  work  on  the  first  genuine  racing- 
shell  ever  built  in  the  United  States. 

In  a  few  months  the  march  of  improvement  ran  a  street  and  a 
row  of  tenements  through  the  middle  of  the  track,  and  a  change  was 
made  to  the  Elysian  Fields,  Hoboken.  There  was  no  regular  track, 
but  a  good  quarter-mile  circuit  could  be  marked  out  on  the  level  turf 
of  the  ball  field,  and  several  straightaway  xoo-yard  courses  on  the 
shore  path.  Here  the  regular  attendants  were  joined  by  many  mem- 
bers of  the  Atlantic  Boat  Club,  whose  boat-house  was  only  a  quarter 
of  a  mile  below.  Many  spirited  contests  took  place,  and  in  one  ever- 
memorable  handicap  one  of  the  founders  of  the  club  was  credited 
with  running  102  yards  in  9  seconds — a  signal  triumph  of  watch- 
holding  over  truth. 

To  this  comfortable  and  convenient  trysting-place  there  were  two 
objections:  there  was  no  regular  track,  and  the  Fields  being  then  the 
people's  pleasure-ground,  much  as  Coney  Island  is  now,  the  crowds 
of  curious  spectators  were  always  annoying  and  sometimes  aggressive. 
So  a  removal  was  made  to  Finley's  half-mile  track,  corner  of  72d  street 
and  the  Bloomingdale  road.  These  grounds  proved  to  be  eminently 
desirable.  The  proprietor — a  jolly,  sport-loving  old  Englishman — 
did  everything  in  his  power  to  make  his  visitors  comfortable,  and  no 
further  change  was  made  till  the  summer  of  1871.  when  the  club 
opened  its  own  grounds  in  Harlem.  On  Finley's  pleasant  grounds 
weekly  games  were  held  whenever  weather  permitted.  The  Atlantic 
Boat  Club  men  rowed  across  from  their  Hoboken  quarters,  beached 
their  barges  at  the  foot  of  73d  street,  climbed  the  steep  bluff  of  what 
is  now  Riverside  Park,  and  joined  in  the  contests,  while  the  Nassau 
Boat  Club  party  paddled  up  from  their  boat-house,  foot  of  34th  street 
and  North  River,  and  the  New  York  city  contingent  came  up  by  the 
Eighth  avenue  street-cars. 

During  the  summer  of  1868  forty-three  persons  were  registered 


00., 


ESTABLISHED  47   YEARS. 


34  THE  NEW  YORK  ATHLETIC  CLUB. 

as  having  participated  in  three  or  more  of  these  reunions,  and  the 
average  weekly  attendance  was  about  twenty.  These  results,  insig- 
nificant as  they  now  appear,  then  gave  great  satisfaction,  and  were 
thought  sufficient  to  warrant  the  permanent  organization  and  incor- 
poration of  an  amateur  athletic  club.  A  meeting  was  called,  notices 
published  in  daily  and  sporting  journals,  and  written  invitations  sent 
to  all  who  had  ever  attended  any  of  the  weekly  sports;  but,  despite 
this  timely  publicity,  only  seven  persons  assembled,  and  an  adjourn- 
ment was  promptly  made.  A  second  trial,  three  weeks  later,  resulted 
similarly,  and  it  was  not  until  the  third  attempt  (September  8,  1868,) 
that  fourteen  faithful  ones  could  be  gathered  together  to  sign  a  mus- 
ter roll,  elect  officers,  appoint  committees  and  complete  the  formal 
organization  of  America's  first  amateur  athletic  club.  . 

Being  now  a  full-fledged  athletic  club,  it  was,  of  course,  neces- 
sary to  give  a  regular  open  amateur  athletic  meeting,  and  the  manage- 
ment was  entrusted  to  a  games  committee.  Athletic  games  and  cin- 
der-paths were  then  unknown  in  America,  and  Finley's  track,  though 
pleasant  enough  for  practice,  was  out  of  the  way  and  inaccessible  for 
spectators.  Fortunately,  Mr.  Babcock  was  just  then  building  for  the 
Third  Avenue  Railroad  Company  the  structure  now  known  as  the 
American  Institute  Rink,  and  it  was  decided  to  hold  the  games  in  that 
building  Wednesday  evening,  November  n,  1868  Contractor  and 
builder  were  dilatory,  as  usual;  the  morning  of  November  1  1  broke 
cold  and  stormy;  the  building  was  not  yet  half-roofed,  and  the  commit- 
tee, scouring  West  and  South  streets  with  wagons,  accumulated  a  quar- 
ter-acre of  tarpaulins  and  made  a  temporary  roof,  under  which  the  games 
were  successfully  contested.  The  central  section  of  the  Rink  had  not 
been  floored,  and  an  eighth-of-a-mile  path  was  staked  out  on  the 
smooth  clay  surface. 

In  America  amateur  athletic  circles  there  was  at  that  time  only 
one  pair  of  spiked  shoes,  bought  by  W.  B.  Curtis  in  one  of  London's 
by-ways.  They  were  clumsy,  long-toed,  and  of  such  generous  pro- 
portions as  best  fitted  their  owner's  ample  feet.  No  one  then  .knew 
anything  about  those  new-fangled  weapons,  but  everybody  agreed  that. 
if  they  were  in  common  use  by  English  athletes,  they  must  be  desir- 
able for  Americans.  So  everybody  wished  for  a  pair;  everybody 
coveted  this  pair;  everybody  envied  their  fortunate  possessor,  and 
everybody  wished  to  borrow  them.  Their  complaisant  owner  tried  to- 
satisfy  all,  and  succeeded  in  distributing  these  shoes  quite  widely. 
After  he  had  worn  them  in  the  75-yard  and  22O-yard  runs,  H.  J.  Ma- 
grane  used  them  in  the  quarter-mile  and  half-mile  runs,  H.  E.  Buer- 
meyer  in  the  hammer-throwing  and  shot-putting,  and  finally,  strangest 
of  all,  they  carried  J.  E.  Russell  to  victory  in  the  one-mile  walk. 


ARE    THE    BEST 


THE  NEW  YORK  ATHLETIC  CLUB.  35 

The  contestants  at  the  first  American  open  amateur  meeting  in- 
cluded all  the  young  men  in  the  neighborhood  of  New  York  city  who 
had  ever  developed' ability  in  any  branch  of  athletic  sport.  Not  only 
did  the  programme  show  the  names  of  all  the  active  members  of  the 
new  club  and  all  their  acquaintances  who  were  able  to  exhibit  good 
performance  at  running,  walking,  leaping,  or  feats  of  strength,  but  a 
special  invitation,  or  rather  challenge,  was  extended  to  the  New  York 
Caledonian  Club,  then,  as  now,  the  most  prominent  of  American  Cal- 
edonian societies,  and  their  most  eminent  athletes  were  present  to 
compete,  thus  making  the  affair  an  international  match — America 
against  Scotland.  The  result  was,  as  might  have  been  foreseen, 
America  won  the  running  and  walking  contests,  while  Scotland  was 
successful  with  the  hammer  and  shot,  and  in  pole-leaping,  standing 
high  jump  and  running  long  jump — the  games  most  common  at  Cal- 
edonian meetings. 

The  many  thousand   bicyclists  of  to-day  will  be  interested  in 
learning  that  at  this  meeting  was  given  the  first  public  exhibition  of 
the  newly-invented  velocipede — now  known  as  "The  Boneshaker"— 
which  was  the  forerunner  of  the  modern  bicycle.     The  leading  sport- 
ing journal  of  that  day  reported  the  event  as  follows  : 

"At  this  juncture  the  velocipede  race,  which  the  programme  an- 
nounced as  the  closing  feature  of  the  exercises,  took  place.  It 
proved  nothing  more — nor  was  it  intended  to  be  more — than  an  ex- 
hibition of  the  speed  to  be  gained  by  these  wonderful  engines  of 
locomotion.  The  carriage  consists  of  but  two  wheels,  placed  one 
before  the  other,  with  a  treadle  apparatus  to  spin  them  on.  Without 
speaking  a  word»about  the  velocity  with  which  one  can  cover  ground 
while  riding  this  machine,  the  wonder  is  how  he  can  maintain  a  bal- 
ance on  it  at  all.  Yet  this  seems  to  be  no  part  of  the  difficulty  in 
navigating;  on  the  contrary,  every  effort  of  the  rider  seems  bent  on 
driving  it  at  break-neck  speed.  The  ease  and  celerity  with  which  this 
new  method  of  propulsion  was  turned  around  the  corners  of  the 
building  was  amusing,  and  its  performance  was  in  the  highest  degree 
satisfactory. " 

The  figures  credited  to  the  winner  of  each  game  were  the  first 
amateur  records  ever  claimed  in  America,  and  became  necessarily  our 
bests  on  record. 

They  were  a  fair  test  of  our  ability  in  this  line,  and  the  remark- 
able progress  in  American  amateur  athletic  sport  during  the  past 
seventeen  years  is  clearly  shown  by  comparing  those  performances  of 
1868  with  our  present  records.  The  comparison,  or  rather  the  con- 
trast, is  as  follows  : 


Marvin  Safe  Co. 


NEW  YORK.   PHILADELPHIA 
AND   LONDON. 


86  THE  NEW  YORK  ATHLETIC  CLUB. 

75-Yard  Run— Then,  9  sec.;  now,  7  3-4. 

220- Yard  Run— Then,  28  sec.;  now,  22  2-5. 

Quarter-Mile  Run — Then,  i  min.  20  sec.;  now,  48  3-4. 

Half-Mile  Run — Then,  2  min.  26  sec.;  now,  1:55  2-5. 

Hurdle-Race — Then,  24  sec.;  now,  16  4-5. 

One-Mile  Walk — Then,  7  min.  50  1-2  sec.;  now,  6:29  3-5. 

Standing   Long  Jump  (with  weights) — Then,    n  ft.  6  1-5  in.;  now, 

1 2  ft.  9  1-2  in. 

Standing  High  Jump— Then,  4  ft.  5  in. ',  now,  5  ft-  l  r"4  in. 
Three  Standing  Long  Jumps  (with  weights) — Then,  33  ft.  8  in. ;  now, 

35  ft-  9  in- 
Running  Long  Jump — Then,  17  ft;  now,  22  ft  7  3-4  in. 
Running  High  Jump — Then,  5  ft  2  in. ;  now,  6  ft.  1-4  in. 
Pole-Leaping — Then,  8  ft  3  in.;  now,  u  ft.  1-2  in. 
Throwing  Hammer — Then,  73  ft;  now,  96  ft.  10  in. 
Putting  Shot — Then,  35  ft  5  in.;  now,    43  ft 

Of  the  athletes  who  assisted  in  forming  the  club  and  giving  its 
first  games,  Jason  H.  Miller  remains  the  oldest  active  member. 

DECEASED    MEMBERS. 

J.  Edward  Russell,   David  L.  S.  Dorian,        H.  J.   Magrane, 
Charles  T.  Roosevelt. 

NOT  NOW  CONNECTED  WITH  THE  CLUB. 

Harry  A.  Hiers,         William  J.  Sleight,         H.  Sanford, 
W.  J.  Hiers,  Edward  Garrison,          W.  J.  Wise, 

P.  M.  Broderick,       Joseph  Benson,  J.  McGonigle, 


F.  W.  Stone, 
A.  R.  S.  Foote, 
Frank  Johnson, 
Arthur  Vinette, 
Leon  Baker, 

Joseph  Russell, 
Matthew  Arnold, 
P.  O'Hara, 
Edward  Gleason, 
G.  Wilkins, 

Thomas  Sturgis 
W.  H.  Walsh, 
S.  Wilson, 
J.  Fuessel, 
E.  B.  Ketchum, 

Morris  E.  Burton,     J.  C.  O'Connell,  D.  W.  Wise,  Jr. 

E.  R.  Edwards,         Charles  S.  Osborn, 

The  three  founders  of  the  club — Babcock,  Buermeyer  and  Curtis 
— were  several  years  ago  transferred  from  active  to  honorary  member- 
ship, but  are  still  residents  of  New  York  city  and  in  vigorous  health. 

The  history  of  the  New  York  Athletic  Club,  since  its  first  open 
amateur  meeting,  is  an  oft-told  tale,  and  needs  but  brief  recapitula- 
tion. In  1869  the  parlor  at  200  Sixth  avenue  grew  too  small  for  those 
who  wished  to  enjoy  its  pleasures,  and  larger  apartments  were  secured 
in  Clarendon  Hall.  In  1870  the  club  was  incorporated,  its  indoor 
headquarters  transferred  to  the  St.  Mark's  Place  Gymnasium,  and  a 
small  floating  boat-house  built  and  anchored  near  Harlem  Bridge. 

M&RYIN'S    "TONGUE  <*  GROOVE"    SSFE, 


THE  NEW  YORK  ATHLETIC  CLUB.  37 

Next  year  its  indoor  rendezvous  was  changed  to  John  Wood's  Gym 
nasium,  in  28th  street,  and  the  vacant  lots  between  Third  avenue, 
Lexington  avenue,  i3Oth  street  and  the  Harlem  River,  leased  an 
changed  into  athletic  grounds,  with  a  sixth-of-a-mile  track,  and  the 
club  boat-house  anchored  along  the  back-stretch.  In  1876  a  large 
floating  boat-house  was  built,  and  the  two  houses  anchored  at  the 
foot  of  1 38th  street,  Mott  Haven — a  spot  now  occupied  by  the  ap- 
proach^s  to  the  Madison  avenue  bridge.  Next  year  the  club  obtained 
a  long  lease  of  the  vacant  plot  on  the  north  bank  of  the  Harlem 
River,  near  1 5Oth  street,  and  transformed  it  into  the  beautiful  grounds 
which  it  has  since  occupied.  Soon  afterward  the  two  boat-houses 
were  moved  to  the  foot  of  the  street  adjoining  the  grounds,  thus  con- 
centrating the  club's  athletic  and  aquatic  interests  in  a  most  con- 
venient and  comfortable  manner.  In  1882  the  club's  indoor  head- 
quarters were  removed  to  the  Crescent  Club  Gymnasium,  in  23d 
street,  and  in  1885  made  their  final  journey  to  a  permanent  home  in 
the  club's  magnificent  house,  corner  of  6th  avenue  and  55th  street. 

No  one  can  deny  that  the  New  York  Athletic  Club  is  the  leading 
amateur  athletic  organization  of  the  United  States.  It  has  invested 
in  grounds,  boat-houses  and  club-houses  more  money  than  any  other 
American  club.  It  was  the  first  and  is  the  largest  amateur  club  in  the 
country  ;  and  as  regards  social,  financial  and  athletic  standing,  its 
members  compare  favorably  with  those  of  any  club  in  the  world. 
For  these  reasons,  it  is  eminently  fit  and  proper  that  the  New  York 
Athletic  Club  should  take  the  lead  in  developing  and  promoting  ama- 
teur athletic  sports  in  America,  and  the  duties  thus  thrust  upon  the 
club  by  its  character  and  standing  have  been  performed  with  unusual 
intelligence,  tireless  enterprise,  strict  impartiality  and  becoming 
modesty. 

During  its  early  years  the  history  of  the  New  York  Athletic  Club 
was  in  fact,  the  history  of  American  amateur  athletic  sports  ;  and, 
even  after  a  hundred  sister  clubs  had  been  formed,  the  worthy  deeds 
of  the  pioneer  club  still  enriched  every  page  of  our  athletic  annals. 
It  has  been  constantly  "foremost  in  every  good  athletic  word  and 
work  ;"  prompt  to  investigate  every  invention  and  adopt  every  im- 
provement ;  persistently  active  and  earnest  in  developing  and  improv- 
ing amateur  athletic  sport.  It  made  athletic  sports  popular  and  re- 
spectable, and  rendered  it  possible  that  amateur  athletic  clubs  should 
exist  and  flourish.  Its  object,  as  expressed  in  its  charter,  was  not  the 
building  up  and  aggrandizement  of  the  New  York  Athletic  Club,  but 
the  development  and  progress  of  amateur  athletic  sports  in  America  ; 
and  it  has  neither  unseemly  pride  in  its  own  members  nor  unmanly 
jealousy  of  its  neighbors. 

IWADUTIVT'C     CAFF    CANNOT  BE  TAKEN  APABT  WITH  A 
MARVIN   S     SAFE  COMMON  SCREW  DBIVKK. 


38  THE  NEW  YORK  ATHLETIC  CLUB. 

It  gave  the  first  open  amateur  meeting  ever  held  in  America.  It 
imported  the  first  spiked  shoes  ever  worn  by  an  American  amateur, 
and  introduced  to  this  country  the  style  of  athletic  costume  which  is 
now  universally  adopted.  It  built  and  owned  the  first  athletic 
grounds,  and  constructed  the  first  cinder  running-path  ever  seen  in 
the  United  States.  It  introduced  handicapping,  and  gave  the  first 
handicap  games  ever  known  here.  It  gave  the  first  tug-of-war  and 
the  first  steeplechase,  and  was  ever  alert  to  introduce  any  novelty  that 
had  merit.  It  perfected  the  machinery  of  its  own  management  until 
its  constitution,  by-laws  and  general  rules  were  in  constant  demand 
for  the  guidance  of  new  clubs,  and  revised,  improved  and'  codified 
the  rules  governing  competitions  with  such  intelligent  skill  that  its 
laws  of  athletics  and  rules  for  the  government  of  athletic  meetings 
were  subsequently  adopted  by  the  National  Association  without  alter- 
ation or  amendment. 

In  1876,  by  the  advice  and  with  the  consent  of  every  amateur 
athletic  club  in  this  country,  the  New  York  Athletic  Club  gave  the 
first  anmual  American  amateur  championship  athletic  meeting,  and 
continued  it  yearly  until  in  1879  it  gracefully  transferred  this  duty  to 
tho  newly-formed  Amateur  Athletic  Association.  In  1877  it  founded 
the  annual  meeting  for  the  decision  of  the  amateur  swimming  cham- 
pionship, and  in  1878  the  annual  meeting  for  the  decision  of  the  ama- 
teur boxing  and  wrestling  championships,  and  still  maintains  both 
these  yearly  contests. 

No  club  in  the  world  ever  more  fairly  earned  the  right  to  in- 
scribe on  its  banner  that  manly  motto  :  ' '  Nulla  Vestigia  Retrorsum. " 

The  founders  of  the  New  York  Athletic  Club  in  1866  were  very 
hopeful,  but  their  most  sanguine  speculations  hardly  pictured  the 
reality  of  to-day.  The  three  members  have  increased  to  two  thou- 
sand— the  limit — and  three  hundred  applicants  stand  waiting  for  the 
first  vacancy.  It  has  the  beautiful  grounds  at  Mott  Haven,  and  just 
over  the  fence,  on  the  river  bank,  are  moored  its  four  large  boat- 
houses,  filled  with  a  stock  of  racing  and  pleasure  boats  unsurpassed 
in  quality  or  number  by  the  fleet  of  any  American  club.  At  the  cor- 
ner of  Sixth  avenue  and  Fifty-fifth  street  it  has  its  own  magnificant 
house,  which  includes  not  only  a  grand  gymnasum  and  spacious 
swimming-bath,  but  also  all  the  various  comforts  and  conveniences  of 
a  first-class  social  club. 

The  history  of  the  club  has  not  been  wholly  free  from  the  un- 
pleasant incidents  usual  in  similar  organizations,  but  it  has  safely 
weathered  the  storms  of  outside  jealousy  and  internal  dissension,  and 
is  now  snugly  amchored  in  the  harbor  of  assured  success. 


FIRE  &  BURGLAR 


THE  NEW  YORK  ATHLETIC  CLUB.  39 

The  officers  of  some  of  the  earlier  years  were  as  follows  : — 

1879. 

PRESIDENT  : 

CHARLES  E.  PIERCE. 

VICE-PRESIDENT  :  TREASURER  :  SECRETARY  : 

JOHN  WHIPPLE.         ALFRED  HEYN.          C.  A.   MAHONEY. 

CAPTAIN  : 

WALDO  SPRAGUE. 

FIRST    LIEUTENANT  :  SECOND    LIEUTENANT  :  , 

FRANK  J.  KILPATRICK.  BENJAMIN  C.  WILLIAMS. 

TRUSTEES : 

CHARLES  R.  TRUAX,  HENRY  C.  WEST, 

R.  WILLIAM  RATHBORNE. 


1880. 


PRESIDENT  : 

WILLIAM  B.  CURTIS. 

VICE-PRESIDENT  :  TREASURER  : 

WALDO  SPRAGUE.  WILLIAM  M.  ANDRUS. 

SECRETARY : 

CORNELIUS  A.  MAHONEY. 

CAPTAIN  ; 

ALFRED  H.  CURTIS. 

FIRST    LIEUTENANT  :  SECOND    LIEUTENANT  : 

WILLIAM  WOOD.  WILLIAM  G.  DEMAREST. 

TRUSTEES  : 

JAMES  R.  CURRAN,  JAMES  W.  CARTER, 

THOMAS  R.  KEATOR. 


"FORGED  ANGLE  FRAME"    SAf£, 


40  THE  NEW  YORK  ATHLETIC  CLUB. 

1881. 

PRESIDENT  : 

WILLIAM  B.  CURTIS. 

VICE-PRESIDENT  :  SECRETARY-TREASURER  : 

WALDO  SPRAGUE.  t  WILLIAM  WOOD. 

.  CAPTAIN  : 

ALFRED  H.  CURTIS. 

FIRST   LIEUTENANT  :  SECOND    LIEUTENANT  : 

JAMES  W.  CARTER.  GEORGE  D.  PHILLIPS. 


CHARLES  E.  PIERCE,  THOMAS  R.  KEATOR, 

CHARLES  B.  WAITE,  OTTO  SARONY, 

WILLIAM  M.  ANDRUS,  JAMES  R.  CURRAN, 

BENJ.  C.  WILLIAMS,  REGINALD  H.  SAYRE, 

THEODOR  GUERRA. 


1882. 


PRESIDENT  : 

WILLIAM  R.  TRAVERS. 

VICE-PRESIDENT  :  SECRETARY-TREASURER  : 

ALFRED  H.  CURTIS.  WILLIAM  WOOD. 

CAPTAIN  : 

JAS.  ROSS  CURRAN. 

FIRST    LIEUTENANT  :  SECOND    LIEUTENANT  : 

J.  W.  CARTER.  OTTO  SARONY. 


HERMANN  OELRICHS,  WILLIAM  C.  WILMER, 

B.  C.  WILLIAMS,  W.  S.  WILSON, 

T.  R.  KEATOR,  A.  B.  WILSON, 

W.  M.  ANDRUS,  R.  H.  SAYRE, 

F.  A.  BUCKMAN. 

MARVIN 'S  SAFES Haye  "Becessci  D°°r  ^ Bool[  Case  protector." 


THE  NEW  YORK  ATHLETIC  CLUB.  41 

Among  its   many  prominent  and  retired  athletes  may  be  men- 
tioned the  names  of: — 

Otto  Sarony,  W.  Hamilton,  M.  W.  Ford, 

H.  E.  Buermeyer,  Geo.  Phillips,  C.    A.   J.  Quackberner, 

F.  Phinney,  A.  B.  Wilson,  D.  M.  Stern, 

F.  Jenkins,  S.  Wainwright,  M.  G.  Morse, 

J.  Carter,  Geo.  H.  Taylor,  W.  B.  Curtis, 

H.  Barnes,  J.  C.  Babcock,  Frank  Ellison, 

Wm.  Wood,  H.  M.  Raborg,  W.  Weaver, 

B.  C.  Williams,  F.  G.  Bourne,  W.  C.  Wilmer, 

H.  Goffe,  R.  H.   Dudgeon,  Waldo  Sprague. 


Following  are  the  officers  for  the  year  1885  : — 

PRESIDENT  : 
WILLIAM  R.  TRAVERS. 

VICE-PRESIDENT  :  SECRETARY  I 

A.  V.   DE  GOICOURIA.  ALBERT  H.  WHEELER. 

CAPTAIN  :  TREASURER  : 

WALTER  G.  SCHUYLER.  WILLIAM  WOOD. 

BOARD    OF   TRUSTEES : 

SETH  B.   FRENCH,  THOMAS  R.  KEATOR, 

JOHN  J.   McCOOK,  CHAS.  E.  QUINCEY, 

OTTO  SARONY,  RUTGERS  VAN  BRUNT, 

JENNINGS  S.  COX,  EDWARD  S.   INNET, 

JOS.  J,  O'DONOHUE,  WALTER  STANTON. 


STIPE  00., 


ESTABLISHED  47   YEARS. 


PORTRAIT  &  LMDSCUPE 


TOMPKINSYILLE, 


STATES  ISLAND. 


PUBLISHER   OF 


PHOTOGRAPHS 


STATEN  ISLAND  SCENERY. 


Telephone  Call,  48  D. 


THE  STATEN  ISLAND  ATHLETIC  CLUB.  43 

HISTORY    OF    THE 

Staten  Island  Athletic  Club. 

WEST  NEW  BRIGHTON. 


THE  history  and  record  of  the  Staten  Island  Athletic  Club  is  one 
that  should  place  it  in  the  lead  of  the  many  large  athletic  and 
rowing  organizations  of  this  country,  not  only  for  its  strength  as  an 
athletic  and  boating  club,  but  also  for  its  management,  which  has 
been  successfully  conducted  on  first-class  business  principles  for  the 
past  eight  years,  and  so  much  so  that  the  members  are  now  enabled 
to  say  that  their  club  is  entirely  free  from  debt  of  any  kind,  while  the 
property  is  valued  at  from  $25,000  to  $30,000. 

The  idea  of  starting  an  athletic  club  on  Staten  Island  was  first 
thought  of  in  1877,  by  an  old  athlete  named  Wm.  Iken.  He  pro- 
posed his  scheme  to  Messrs.  Oliver  T.  Johnson,  Robt.  T.  P.  Fiske, 
Fred  and  Frank  Janssen,  John  W.  Edwards  and  W.  J.  U.  Roberts, 
one  morning,  on  the  way  to  the  city,  on  the  North  Shore  ferry-boat, 
and  the  idea  was  cordially  supported  by  all  of  the  parties  spoken  to. 

Mr.  Johnson,  an  old  reliable  in  sports,  won  the  first  handicap 
race  ever  run  in  this  country ;  Mr.  Edwards  had  been  captain  of  the 
famous  and  renowned  Neptune  Rowing  Association  for  several  years  ; 
Mr.  Roberts  was  one  of  the  champion  Columbia  College  Foot-Ball 
Team,  while  the  Janssen  Brothers  and  Mr.  Fiske  were  members  and 
founders  of  the  old  Alpha  Base- Ball  Club,  well  known  for  having  won 
more  games  in  six  successive  years  (1870  to  1877)  than  any  other 
amateur  club  in  America. 

These  gentlemen  soon  took  steps  toward  organizing  a  club,  and 
not  long  after  the  matter  was  first  proposed  a  meeting  was  called  for 
and  held  in  a  boat-house,  known  at  that  time  as  the  Hesper  Boat  Club, 
by  thirteen  enthusiastic  admirers  of  sports  in  general,  namely  : 

Wm.  Iken,  Fred.  W.  Janssen, 

Oliver  T.  Johnson,  Robt.  T.  P.  Fiske, 

John  W.  Edwards,  John  H.  Rimmer, 

Wm.  R.  Wemple,  Frank  G.  Janssen, 

Frank  L.  Russ,  Fred.  L.  Rodewald, 

Wm.  J.  U.  Roberts,  Thos.  Chute, 
Henry  A.  Caesar. 

M.flRYIN'S  "TDNGIIE  ^  GRDDYE"  SflFE. 


44  THE  STATEN  ISLAND  ATHLETIC  CLUB. 

Seated  around  a  little  lamp,  that  burned  dimly  on  the  floor,  these 
seemingly  unlucky  thirteen  men,  and  already  quite  distinguished  ath- 
letes, had  but  time  to  organize  before  the  lamp  flickered  and  went 
out,  thus  compelling  an  adjournment  at  the  very  beginning. 

However,  this  did  not  discourage  the  men,  as  a  second  meeting 
was  called  for  at  the  Village  Hall,  New  Brighton,  and  to  which  each 
one  of  the  thirteen  gentlemen  brought  one  or  two  of  their  friends. 
This  time  quite  a  meeting  was  held,  Mr.  W.  K.  Soutter,  the  banker, 
was  elected  president,  by-laws  and  rules  established,  members  elected, 
and  a  little  supper  served  in  remembrance.  All  this  took  place  in  the 
fall  of  1877,  and  it  was  the  same  year  that  a  large  wagon  was  to  be 
seen,  with  all  these  gentlemen  inside,  driving  through  the  mud  and 
rain  down  to  the  New  Dorp  Trotting  Track,  early  Thanksgiving  Day 
morning.  Mr.  Plummer,  the  world-renowned  critic  and  official,  was 
rescued  from  a  plowed  corn-field  near  Britton's  Pond,  soaked  to  the 
skin  and  entirely  exhausted,  it  taking  the  combined  efforts  of  the 
S.  I.  A.  C.  to  extricate  this  little  big  sportsman  from  his  unfortunate 
position. 

The  destination  was  reached  in  a  little  less  than  three  hours,  and 
after  a  little  drying  a  number  of  the  party  stripped  for  some  races, 
around  the  half-mile  track,  while  others  were  employed  looking  after 
dinner  and  informing  Mr.  Plummer  of  the  so-far  success  of  the  club. 

,  After  some  three  or  four  races  had  taken  place — having  been  run 
in  dancing  pumps,  bathing-suits,  and  even  less — the  men  all  felt  quite 
broken-hearted  because  they  had  not  beaten  the  records,  but  each  and 
every  one  thought  himself  the  coming  champion — with  a  little  prac- 
tice ;  and  so  it  was  owing  to  the  untiring  pluck  of  Iken,  Johnson, 
Janssen,  Fiske,  Roberts  and  Rimmer  that  the  racing  was  kept  up,  as 
these  men  could  be  seen  daily  running  on  the  streets,  in  yards,  and 
across  country,  on  Sundays.  Meanwhile  the  other  members  were 
doing  good  work  toward  providing  a  suitable  track  and  grounds,  and 
which  was  finally  leased,  corner  of  Bement  and  Henderson  avenues. 

The  field  had  to  be  leveled,  the  track  dug  out  and  the  surround- 
ings improved.  Mr.  Robt.  J.  Wardlaw,  a  member,  then  at  the  School 
of  Mines,  Columbia  College,  undertook  the  job,  and  after  some  hard 
work  made  the  place  quite  picturesque  in  the  way  of  a  race-track. 
Late  in  the  spring  of  1878  the  club  attempted  to  hold  a  field  meeting,, 
with  the  aid  of  a  large  tent  in  the  center  of  the  grounds  as  a  grand 
stand,  but  owing  to  the  rain-storm,  which  suddenly  broke  forth,  but 
one  race  took  place,  which  Wardlaw  won,  with  Janssen  second,  and 
it  was  at  this  meeting  that  all  the  ladies,  horses,  carriages,  carts, 
laborers  and  athletes  could  be  seen  in  one  body  under  this  circus 
tent  of  A.  Z.  Ross. 

1UI  A  mriliTJC     C  A  w    CANNOT  BE  TAKEN  APART  WITH  A 
MARVlIl   S     SAFE  COMMON  SCREW  DBIVEB. 


THE  STATEN  ISLAND  ATHLETIC  CLUB.  45- 

1878. 

The  officers  were  as  follows: — 

PRESIDENT, 

WILLIAM  K.  SOUTTER. 

REC.  SECRETARY,          TREASURER,          COR.  SECRETARY, 

D.  J.  H.  WILLCOX.  H.  A.  CAESAR.  R.  T.  P.  FISKE. 

CAPTAIN, 

O.  T.  JOHNSON. 

FIRST    LIEUTENANT,  SECOND  LIEUTENANT, 

C.  THORP.  D.  H.  ROWLAND. 


JOHN  D.  VEKMEULE.  D.  R.  NORVELL. 

JOHN  W.  EDWARDS.  ARTHUR  T.  SHAND. 

LOUIS  HENDERSON.  F.  L.  RODEWALD. 

However,  it  was  only  about  a  month  later  when  July  4th  came, 
the  still  energetic  members  had  another  programme  arranged  for  their 
many  friends  and  admirers,  who  seemed  to  fully  appreciate  the  com- 
bined efforts  of  the  gentlemen  engaged  in  the  management,  and  so 
did  not  allow  weather  or  climate  to  prevent  their  presence  at  the 
meeting.  After  two  or  three  races  had  taken  place,  in  which  such 
men  as  Shand,  Chute,  Collins,  Rodewald,  Bailey  and  Dedrichsen 
could  be  seen  striving  for  laurels  and  glory,  the  ram  again  came  down 
in  torrents,  and  another  postponement  was  necessary,  but  only  for  a 
few  days  this  time,  as  Mr.  Johnson  in  a  very  eloquent  speech  informed 
the  spectators  that  the  meeting  would  take  place  on  the  6th  inst.,  two- 
days  following,  while  the  crowd  received  the  announcement  with 
great  applause,  although  the  greater  number  were  drenched  through 
and  through  by  this  time. 

Not  until  the'Fall  of  1878  did  the  club  hold  its  first  successful 
games,  open  to  all  amateurs.  A  grand-stand  of  planks  and  beams 
had  been  built  for  the  occasion,  and  the  never-tiring  members,  John- 
son, Chute,  Collins,  Hayward,  Wemple,  Dedrechsen,  Shand  and 
Charles  F.  True  could  be  seen  with  their  hats,  coats,  vests,  collars 
and  cuffs  all  off,  working  like  laborers,  with  the  sun's  rays  pouring 
down  upon  them  at  an  angle  of  105  degrees  in  the  shade,  stretching 
an  old  lighter's  mainsail  over  the  top  of  the  so-called  grand-stand,  to 
keep  the  fair  sex  from  being  burnt  brown.  But  the  games  proved  a 
success,  and  the  club  was  greatly  benefitted  by  them,  while  during  the 
winter  months  plans  and  arrangements  were  being  made  for  the  fol- 


MARVIN'S  SAFEST  "Sliding  Back  Plate." 


46  THE  STATEN  ISLAND  ATHLETIC  CLUB. 

lowing  year's  work  as  well  as  a  minstrel  show  that  was  gotten  up  and 

held  at  Odd  Fellows'  Hall,  West  New  Brighton,  although  owing  to 

heavy  expenses,  and  a  rather  threatening  night,   the  club  made  very 

little  by  the  performance,  the  net  sum  being  in  the  neighborhood  of 

$50. 

It  kept  the  interest  up  in  the  club,  however,  and  people  were  now 
beginning  to  see  the  S.  I.  A.  C.  gradually  looming  up  toward  a  strong 
and  large  organization. 

1879. 
-The  officers  were  as  follows: — 

PRESIDENT, 

W.  K.  SO UTTER. 

VICE-PRESIDENT,  TREASURER,  SECRETARY, 

D.  J.  H.  WILLCOX.        W.  A.  COLLINS,  JE.        H.  W.  J.  TELFAIR. 

CORRESPONDING  SECRETARY,  CAPTAIN, 

R.  P.  G.  BUCKLIN.  O.  T.  JOHNSON 

TRUSTEES, 

A.  L.  PARIS.         THOS.  CHUTE.        J.  H.  RIMMER.        H.  A.  CAESAR. 

The  year  1879  passed  off  rather  quietly,  although  three  meetings 
were  held,  as  well  as  some  private  club  events.  The  100  yards 
"Soutter''  medal,  and  the  440  yards  "Sacks"  medal  being  then  on  the 
programme  for  club  members.  The  first  competition  for  these  medals 
took  place  in  1878,  at  the  Fall  Meeting,  and  early  in  the  Spring  of 
'79  members  were  in  training  to  win  the  handsome  trophies.  At  first 
De  Garmendia  and  Rimmer  won  them  respectively  in  10  2-5  and  56^ 
seconds,  while  later  on  the  former  went  through  the  hands  of  Roberts 
three  times,  Beers  once,  Janssen  three  times,  Fiske  once,  Morris  once, 
and  Rimmer  five  times,  who  finally  retained  the  prize.  The  fastest 
races  were  the  first  and  last,  10  2-5  and  10^4  seconds  by  De  Garmen- 
dia and  Rimmer,  while  the  "Sacks"  medal  was  given  up  by  Rimmer 
to  Janssen,  who  walked  over,  but  afterwards  defeated  Price,  Telfair, 
Fiske,  Morris  and  Stursberg,  running  twice  in  55^  seconds.  Mr. 
Telfair  also  won  this  medal  twice  before  it  became  Janssen's  personal 
property. 

This  same  year  many  medals  were  brought  home  from  outside 
meetings  by  Rimmer,  Rowland,  Roberts,  Taylor,  Iken,  Johnson  and 
Janssen,  but  the  winter  broke  in  rather  suddenly  upon  the  grounds, 
and  the  fast  dirt  track,  dressing  rooms,  etc.,  were  left  in  pretty  good 


Marvin  Safe  Co. 


NEW   YORK,    PHILADELPHIA 
AND    LONDON. 


THE  STATEN  ISLAND  ATHLETIC  CLUB.  4? 

shape.  The  Club  being  then  somewhat  reduced  in  funds,  having  but 
63  members,  it 'was  decided  to  give  another  minstrel  entertainment, 
this  time  to  be  held  at  the  Lyceum,  New  Brighton.  After  working 
for  months,  the  show  took  place,  and  to  the  great  satisfaction  of  the 
audience,  for  it  was  at  this  performance  that  Messrs.  Pinchback,  John- 
son, Charles  Bramhall,  Smith,  Kobby,  Rushmore  Wood  and  Ralph 
Newton  made  hits  such  as  are  seldom  seen  at  amateur  entertainments; 
and  it  was  owing  to  the  limited  size  of  the  hall  that  more  than  about 
$100  was  not  cleared. 

This  was  good  work  though,  and  when  Spring  made  its  appear- 
ance, the  club  had  won  many  new  friends  by  keeping  its  name  in 
prominence,  and  was  well  prepared  for  the  coming  season's  work  and 
outlay. 


1880. 
The  officers  were  as  follows: — 

PRESIDENT, 

W.  K.  SOUTTER. 

VICE-PRESIDENT,  TREASURER,  SECRETARY, 

D.  J.  H.  WILLCOX.        H.  W.  J.  TELFAIR.  W.  C.  DAVIS. 

CAPTAIN, 

O.  T.  JOHNSON. 

FIRST    LIEUTENANT,  SECOND    LIEUTENANT, 

G.  M.  L.  SACKS.  FRANK  G.  JANSSEN. 

Early  in  April  the  athletes  got  to  work  and  could  be  seen  daily 
running  upon  the  track,  while  many  victories  had  already  been  won 
before  the  month  of  May  was  recorded.  Fred  Janssen  beat  the  re- 
cord for  1-6  of  a  mile  hurdle  at  Elizabeth  on  May  8th  by  one  second. 
Rimmer  was  considered  one  of  the  fastest  %  mile  runners ;  Roberts 
ran  a  half  mile  in  2.08  at  the  Scottish- American  A.  C.  Games  ;  A.  L. 
Carroll  won  the  championship  high  jump  in  the  Fall  with  5  ft.  5  in.  ; 
Beers  won  the  high  jump  and  hurdle  race  at  the  Canadian  champion- 
ship meeting,  and  Janssen  also  defeated  J.  E.  Haigh,  who  was  then 
champion,  in  a  220  yards  hurdle  race  at  Mott  Haven.  This  was  a 
match  race  resulting  from  a  race  at  the  Scottish-American  A.  C.  Games, 
in  which  the  four  champions,  Moritz,  Janssen,  Servatious  and  Haigh 
were  all  running  to  lower  the  American  record,  and  after  five  trials,  in 
which  all  four  finished  within  a  yard  of  each  other  every  time,  the  race 
was  given  to  Moritz,  with  Haigh  and  Janssen  a  dead  heat  for  se- 
cond. 

M&BYIH'S    "FORGED  ANGLE  FRAME"    SAFE. 


48  THE  STATEN  ISLAND  ATHLETIC  CLUB. 

At  the  match  race  Janssen  won  by  five  yards  and  lowered  the 
record  to  29^  seconds.  Rimmer  won  a  grand  race  at  Short  Hills, 
defeating  Value,  Inman,  Reynolds  and  L.  A.  Stewart  for  the  quarter- 
mile  race,  covering  the  distance  in  54^  seconds. 

This  was  the  year  that  Roberts,  Janssen,  Rimmer  and  Beers 
brought  over  100  medals  home  to  their  club,  they  having  carried  the 
S.  I.  A.  C.  colors  to  the  front  at  almost  every  meeting  held. 

Now,  many  of  the  Athletic  members  also  belonged  to  one  of  the 
two  boat  clubs  known  as  the  Neptune  and  Hesper  rowing  clubs,  so 
a  consolidation  was  proposed,  and  after  long  discussion  and  many 
objections  had  been  overcome,  it  was  approved  of,  and  all  the  mem- 
bers of  the  three  clubs  joined  and  set  to  work  to  build  a  boat-house 
by  raising  funds  on  "  scrip"  issued  at  $10  a  share,  bearing  6  per 
cent,  interest  and  to  run  five  years.  Some  $5,000  was  raised  in  a  few 
weeks,  and  it  v.  as  owing  to  Mr.  G.  M.  L.  Sack's  hard  work  and  push 
that  a  second  story  was  approved  of  and  added  to  the  plans,  to  be 
used  for  meetings,  club-rooms,  etc.,  ate. 

Another  minstrel  entertainment  was  given  in  January,  1881,  at 
Parabola  Hall,  New  Brighton,  and  some  $150  realized.  This  time, 
John  Edwards,  C.  M.  Johnson  and  R.  Newton  carrying  off  the 
honors  of  the  evening. 

1881. 

Club  officers  were  as  follows  : — 

PRESIDENT, 

WILLIAM  K.  SO-UTTER. 

VICE-PRESIDENT,  SECRETARY,  TREASURER, 

DAVID  J.  H.  WILCOX.  WM.  C.  DAVIS.          H.  W.  J.  TELFAIR. 

CAPTAIN, 

JOHN  W.  EDWARDS. 

FIRST  LIEUTENANT,  SECOND  LIEUTENANT, 

W.  G.  DEDRICHSEN.  J.  H.  RLMMER, 

The  new  boat  house  was  started  in  the  Fall  of  1880,  and  was 
finished  far  enough  for  habitation  the  following  season,  so  the  club 
moved  what  few  boats,  etc.  it  had  to  its  new  quarters  and  thus  boating 
was  added  to  the  already  many  attractions  of  this  club. 

This  fine  house  started  a  boom  in  the  membership,  as  the  roll 
soon  ran  up  to  260,  while  a  year  ago  but  67  names  were  enrolled 
in  all. 

The  many  athletes  kept  up  their  work  well  and  won  any  number 
of  prizes,  too  numerous  to  mention,  among  them  A.  L.  Carroll  beat 
the  high  jump  record  at  Philadelphia,  clearing  the  bar  at  5  feet  8  in- 
ches, and  also  tied  with  C.  W.  Durand  at  the  championship  meeting 

MSRYIN'S    "TDN&UE   ^    &RDDYE"    SAFE, 


THE  STATEN  ISLAND  ATHLETIC  CLUB.  49 

same  height,  but  in  jumping  off,  Durand  was  in  better  condition  and 
won  the  medal  and  championship  with  5  feet  8  inches.  Fred  Janssen 
beat  the  record  for  the  i2O-yards  hurdle  race  at  Montclair,  and  also 
the  one-sixth  of  a  mile  hurdle,  which  was  already  his  own,  at  the 
Staten  Island  championships  held  July  4th,  time  being  39  3  8  seconds. 
J.  H.  Rimmer  won  the  22O-yards  "Soutter"  challenge  medal  and  also 
the  one-half  mile  "  Starin"  medal  which  cost  $185,  and  was  presented 
to  the  club  by  Hon.  John  H.  Starin.  Rimmer's  fastest  time  was 
2.09^  seconds. 

Messrs.  J.  H.  Hayward  and  Lewis  Morris  presented  medals  to  be 
rowed  for  in  single  sculls,  the  former  being  won  three  times  by  W.  C. 
Rowland,  and  the  latter  became  W.  J.  M.  Roberts'  property,  he  having 
won  it  three  times  in  accordance  with  the  conditions. 

A  medal  for  swimming  was  given  by  Mr.  Charles  A.  White,  dis- 
tance one-half  mile,  and  to  become  the  property  of  the  member  win- 
ning it  best  two  in  three  races.  Roberts  won  the  first  race  and  C. 
Ed.  Dejonge  the  second  and  third  and  medal  with  apparent  ease. 

This  year  a  Lacrosse  team  was  sent  to  the  New  Jersey  State  Fair 
at  Waverley,  N.  J.,  and  after  some  hard  fighting  succeeded  in  captur- 
ing a  set  of  colors  as  the  second  prize.  The  work  of  Magee,  Telfair, 
the  Janssen  Brothers  and  Roberts  being  worthy  of  note.  The  same 
team  also  played  at  Bay  Ridge  against  the  Brooklyn  team  and  came 
out  victorious  after  a  rough  and  tumble  fight  over  hills,  stones,  bushes 
and  trees.  Mr.  White  distinguished  himself  in  this  game  by  laying 
the  cheek  and  eye  of  the  captain  of  the  Brooklyn  team  open  with  a 
cut  four  inches  long  from  a  blow  on  the  head  during  a  scrimmage 
near  the  goal. 

The  members  were  now  rowing  as  well  as  running,  and  the  many 
clubs  along  the  beautiful  Kills  had  formed  an  Association  known  as 
the  Kill  Von  Kull  Rowing  Association. 

This  started  in  1879,  and  among  some  of  the  races  won  by  this 
club  may  be  mentioned  the  four-oared  shell,  four-oared  barge,  pair- 
oared  shell  and  single  sculls.  The  fours  by  W.  G.  Dedrichsen,  C. 
A.  White,  R.  T.  P.  Fiske  and  W.  C.  Rowland  in  1880,  and  W.  G. 
Dedrichsen,  W.  M.  Christopher,  C.  A.  White  and  Fiske  in  188.1. 
Barge  by  Cadmus,  Van  Zandt,  Caesar  and  Conroy,  with  Edwards, 
coxs'n.,  and  the  pairs  by  Roberts  and  Telfair. 

The  former  shell  crew  also  won  the  Harlem  River  race  for  four- 
oared  shells  in  1880. 

Of  course  many  races  were  also  lost,  and  the  boys  were  often 
made  to  take  a  back  seat  both  on  land  and  water,  for  although  good 
men,  they  could  not  expect  to  get  along  much  faster  than  they  were 
going.  They  were  young  as  well  as  the  club,  but  with  the 


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50  THE  STATEN  ISLAND  ATHLETIC  CLUB. 

pluck  and  untiring  hearts  of  would-be  fame,  they  were  fast  making 
names  in  the  athletic  world  of  this  country,  both  for  themselves  and 
the  Staten  Island  Athletic  Club. 

By  this  time  the  boat-house  looked  very  handsome  from  the 
outside,  but  the  interior  was  quite  unfinished,  and  the  building,  to- 
gether with  board  fences,  houses,  large  dressing  rooms,  and  grand- 
stands on  the  athletic  grounds  had  pretty  well  used  up  the  funds  of 
the  club,  so  it  was  decided  to  let  the  interior  remain  unfinished  for  the 
present,  when  at  a  late  meeting  Mr.  F.  W.  Janssen  proposed  holding 
a  Fair,  the  proceeds  of  which  were  to  be  applied  to  fitting  up  the  in- 
side of  the  house  and  finishing  it  off  with  hard  wood. 

After  a  greet  deal  of  objecting,  a  motion  to  hold  the  Fair  was 
carried  by  a  small  majority.,  and  Messrs.  Janssen,  Rowland,  Carroll 
and  Davis  were  appointed  a  committee  of  four  as  managers,  after 
Messrs.  Soutter,  Janssen,  Johnson  and  Chute  had  guaranteed  the  club 
against  loss  in  case  the  Fair  was  not  a  success, 

Work  went  on  slowly,  but  in  earnest,  and  after  many  drawbacks 
and  seemingly  impossible  obstructions  had  been  overcome,  the  doors 
of  the  Young  Men's  Christian  Association,  at  West  New  Brighton, 
were  thrown  open  to  the  public  on  December  1 2th,  and  remained  so 
for  three  evenings  only.  The  different  tables  were  matronized  by  the 
lady  friends  of  the  members,  while  each  matron  had  three  young  lady 
assistants.  Mr.  "R.  Penn  Smith,  Jr.,"  with  his  assistant  "Kelly" 
managed  to  beat  the  public  out  of  $21.37  by  managing  the  shooting 
gallery.  A  Life  Membership  to  the  club  was  raffled  among  members 
at  $i  a  chance,  and  brought  $165,  being  $65  over  and  above  the  orig- 
inal value. 

The  following  articles  were  voted  for  at  ten  cents  a  vote,  and 
afterwards  presented  to  the  party  or  club  receiving  the  highest  num- 
ber of  votes: — 

Fire  Trumpet  brought  $  8. 50  to  Zephyr  Hose  Co. 

Fire  Screen  "          87.40  to  Mrs.  E.  W.  Gould. 

Barge  Colors         "  7.50  to  S.  I.  A.  C. 

Gold  Medal          "          93-7°  to  Mr.   F.  W.  Janssen. 

Fishing  Rod         "          59.80  to  Mr.  B.  S.  Beckwith. 
The  weather   was  something    fearful  every  night,   and  but  fifty 
members   were   present  to  do  justice  to  the  club,  but  owing  to  the 
ladies  endeavors  and  influence,  the  total  receipts  for  the  three  eve- 
nings  amounted  to  $1,350,  which   gave  the  club  a  net  balance  of 

$975- 

This  sum  was  all  sunk  in  the  second-story  of  the  Boat  House, 
mostly  in  panelling  the  main  room  with  hard  wood.  This  same  year 
three  more  challenge  medals  presented  by  Messrs.  W.  R.  White,  .W 


Marvin  Safe  Co. 


NEW  YORK.   PHILADELPHIA 
AND   LONDON. 


THE  STATEN  ISLAND  ATHLETIC  CLUB.  51 

K.  Soutter,  and  Bartens  and  Rice,  i  mile  run,  ^  mile  run  and  one 
mile  walk  respectively,  became  the  personal  property  of  C.E.  Dejonge, 
J.  J.  Hoff  and  H.  W.  Janssen,  they  being  the  successful  athletes  at 
the  respective  distances. 

The  Sacks'  Diamond  Medal,  made  by  Bartens  and  Rice,  and  cost- 
ing $275,  was  also  won  and  presented  to  J.  H.  Rimmer,  for  having 
scored  the  highest  number  of  points  during  one  year's  racing.  The 
leading  scores  being, 

J.  H.  Rimmer,         -         -         -         116. 

F.  W.  Janssen,  109. 

W.  J.  U.  Roberts,  94. 

This  year  closed  with  a  large  balance  in  the  treasury,  and  the 
members  longing  for  the  warm  sunshine  of  Spring,  1882. 

The  year  opened  with  the  Spring  games  on  May  loth,  and  which 
were  the  most  successful  ever  giving  by  this  Club,  as  the  gate  receipts 
amounted  to  between  $500  and  $600,  while  every  one  present  en- 
joyed the  great  crowd  and  good  racing. 

The  Club  gave  three  Field  Meetings  as  usual,  while  most  of  the 
running  for  the  home  Club  was  done  by  Hoff,  Harry  Janssen,  C.  E. 
Dejonge,  DeMacarty,  Carroll  and  Meeker,  the  other  older  athletes 
having  won  their  50  to  100  medals  apiece,  and  retired  on  their  laurels. 
A.  L.  Carroll  again  won  the  Championship  High  Jump  of  America, 
with  5  ft.  7  in.,  and  also  the  Championship  of -Canada,  with  5  ft.  Sin. 
Many  other  less  important  events  were  won,  the  "Black  and  Yellow" 
being  carried  to  the  front  by  Hoff,  Janssen,  C.  A.  White  and  A.  B. 
Rich. 

In  June  came  the  and  annual  Club  Regatta,  held  off  the  Boat 
House,  and  following  is  a  list  of  events  and  winners: — 

Pair-oared  Shell:  Senior    Single: 

Roberts  and  Telfair,  ist.  Rowland,  ist. 

White  and  Rowland,  2nd.  Fiske,    2nd. 

Four-oared   Shell: 
F.  W.  Janssen,   Bow. 
H.  W.  Janssen,  2. 
H.  B.  Rich,        3. 
A.  L.  Carroll,  Stroke. 

Defeated: 

F.  G.    Janssen,    Bow!  R.  T.  P.  Fiske,    Bow. 

H.  W.  J.  Telfair,  2.  W.  C.  Rowland,    2. 

W.  J.  U.  Roberts,  3.  W.  M.  Christopher,  3. 

C.  A.  White,  Stroke.  W.  G.  Dedrichsen,  Stroke. 

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52  THE  STATEN  ISLAND  ATHLETIC  CLUB 

The  Pair-oared  Gig  was  won  by  Baker  and  Hoff,  with  Ellis, 
Coxs'n. 

In  the  Junior  Single,  Harry  Janssen  defeated  W.  Y.  Wemple, 
-while  the  Four-oared  Barge  was  won  by, 

R.  T.  P.  Fiske, 
R.  P.  G.  Bucklin, 
Wm.  M.  Christopher, 
Wm.  G.  Dedrichsen, 
J.  W.  Magee,  Coxs'n. 

Rodewald  and  F.  G.  Janssen  beat  Edwards  and  Jewett  in  the 
Double  Scull  Race  and  the  Eight-oared  Shell  resulted  in  an  easy 
thing  for  Fiske's  crew.  In  the  evening  there  was  a  reception  and 
dance  in  the  Boat  House  at  which  the  fair  sex  from  New  Brighton, 
with  a  number  from  New  York,  were  present,  and  the  whole  affair 
terminated  as  a  perfect  success  on  both  land  and  water. 

In  1883,  the  Kill  Von  Kull  Association,  composed  of  the  Staten 
Island  Athletic,  Arthur  Kull  Boat  and  Alcyone  Rowing  Clubs,  and 
the  Viking,  Bayonne  and  Argonanta  Rowing  Associations,  held  its 
4th  Annual  Regatta  at  Elizabethport,  and  of  the  5  events  in  which 
the  S.  I.  A.  C.  started,  but  one  was  won  owing  to  lack  of  interest  and 
training  among  the  old  athletes.  Roberts  captured  the  Senior  Single 
with  Rowland  2nd. 

The  Club  held  its  Third  Annual  Regatta  off  the  Club  House,  as 
usual,  and  the  races  were  close,  exciting,  and  well  contested  from 
start  to  finish.  In  the  Junior  Single  Scull,  Edgar  Hicks  defeated  H. 
S.  Redmond  and  J.  W.  Magee,  while  Harry  Janssen  made  the  old 
veteran  Roberts  succumb  in  grand  style  in  the  race  for  the  Seniors. 
After  the  Eight-oared  Shell  Race  was  over,  but  little  time  was  lost 
before  the  reception  took  place.  This  was  given  at  the  Club  House 
as  usual  in  the  evening,  and  was  a  most  delightful  and  successful  affair, 
the  Island's  beauty  and  fashion  being  fully  represented.  Some  450 
people  were  present ;  the  music  was  unusually  fine  ;  the  supper  of 
marked  excellence,  and  all  entered  into  the  enjoyment  of  the  dancing 
most  heartily.  During  the  evening  the  prizes  to  the  winners  of  the 
Regatta,  consisting  of  silver  cups,  were  awarded  by  the  President, 
Oliver  T.  Johnson,  amidst  much  applause. 

In  the  Fall,  challenge  medals  for  quarter  and  half-mile  runs,  pre- 
sented by  Mr.  O.  T.  Johnson  and  Mr.  J.  E.  Faber,  were  won  by  C.  E. 
Taylor  and  C.  E.  Dejonge  respectively. 


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THE  STATEN  ISLAND  ATHLETIC  CLUB.  53 

Following  were  the  officers  for  this  year: — 

PRESIDENT, 

O.  T.  JOHNSON. 

VICE-PRESIDENT,  SECRETARY,  TREASURER, 

H.  O.  BAILEY.  W.  C.  DAVIS.  F.  W.  JANSSEN, 

CAPTAIN, 

F.   L.   RODEWALD. 

FIRST  LIEUTENANT,  SECOND  LIEUTENANT, 

H.  B.  RICH.  H.  W.  JANSSEN. 

TRUSTEES, 

O    T.  JOHNSON,  F.  W.  JANSSEN, 

W.  C.  DAVIS,  F.  L  RODEWALD, 

H.  W.  J.  TELFAIR,  A.  L.  FARIS, 

W.  F.  DISOSWAY,  JOS.  W.  BOYLE. 

JOHN  W.  EDWARDS,  J.  E.  FABER. 

Nearly  all  the  first  half  of  the  winter  the  members  could  be  found 
busy  rehearsing  and  preparing  for  a  mammoth  minstrel  entertainment 
under  the  management  of  Messrs.  F.  W.  Janssen,  L.  B.  Frieze,  Jr., 
J.  W.  Edwards  and  W.  C.  Davis.  Tbe  performance  was  given  at  the 
German  Club  Rooms  at  Stapleton,  S.  I. .  on  January  i2th,  1884,  and 
was  a  most  brilliant  affair  throughout,  the  ladies  and  gentlemen  being 
in  full  dress  without  an  exception,  the  hall  crowded  to  the  doors,  and 
the  whole  entertainment  of  unusually  fine  character. 

Shortly  before  eight  o'clock,  a  colored  gentleman,  wearing  a  linen 
duster  and  carrying  an  old  umbrella,  an  American  flag  and  a  bundle 
of  sheet  music,  was  escorted  by  an  usher  down  the  centre  aisle  of  the 
hall.  As  he  advanced  towards  the  orchestra,  the  colored  gentleman 
displayed  on  his  back  a  card  which  read: — 

"N.   Y.  HERALD. 
"D.  H." 

The  colored  citizen  was  Prof.  H.  J.  Tyndale,  leader  of  the  orches- 
tra, and  who  had  in  store  for  the  audience  a  treat  in  the  shape  of  an 
original  musical  production  entitled  "Frisky  Fiddler  Polka,"  played 
on  this  occasion  for  the  first  time.  When  the  curtain  arose  on  the 
first,  or  olio  portion  of  the  entertainment,  a  semi-circle  of  seventeen 

NEW  YORK.  PHILADELPHIA 
AND  LONDON. 


Marvin  Safe  Co. 


54  THE  STATEN  ISLAND  ATHLETIC  CLUB. 

performers,  dressed  in  the  orthodox  scissor-tailed  coats  and  immacu- 
late shirt  bosoms,  made  their  bow  and  opened  the  fun  of  the  evening. 
On  C.  M.  Johnson  and  J.  W.  Edwards  developed  the  duties  of  end- 
men,  while  Oliver  T.  Johnson  presided  as  middle-man.  Some  fine 
ballads  and  comic  songs,  winding  up  with  the  great  circus  act  com- 
prised the  first  part,  and  the  curtain  went  down  in  deafening  applause. 
In  the  second  part,  Mr.  Frank  Wilson  gave  a  budget  of  droll 
speeches,  Mr.  William  Mulhall  an  exhibition  of  clog  and  fancy  danc- 
ing, Messrs.  Newton  and  Roehner  an  excellent  song  and  dance  sketch, 
Mr.  Frank  C.  Bowen  kept  the  audience  laughing  for  half  an  hour 
trying  to  explain  an  astronomical  problem,  Messrs.  Pinchback  and 
Johnson  gave  some  very  elegant  banjo  duetts,  and  the  whole  concluded 
with  the  Charleston  Blues  drill  by  the  following  S.  I.  A.  C. 
members: — 


W.  C.  Davis,  Capt. 

F.  W.  Janssen,  Lieut. 

F.  C.  Miller.  W.   Miller. 

E.  Hicks.  W.   B.   Glassford. 

Harry  Van  Vechten.  S.  D.  Palmer. 

B.  J.  Carroll  W.  Y.  Wemple. 

A.  L.  Carroll.  W.  B.  Farrar. 

H.  U.  Jackson.  L.  B.  Frieze,  Jr. 

W.  C.  Rowland.  H.  Van  Vechten. 

I.  Almstaedt,  J.  D.  Vonhoevenburg. 


Now  the  athletes  were  beginning  to  tire  of  the  track  and  grounds, 
while  such  a  fine  club  house,  good  bathing  and  sociable  surroundings 
were  much  nearer,  and  being  offered  so  many  more  and  less  fatigueing 
inducements  in  the  way  of  athletic  exercises,  than  going  to  the  track 
to  run,  took  advantage  of  them,  and  therefore  did  not  give  a  sufficient 
amount  of  time  to  the  track  duties,  and  the  consequences  were  that 
but  little  work  was  done  outside  of  a  few  men.  The  Junior  Four- 
oared  Shell  crew  did  good  work  during 'the  summer,  as  on  Decora- 
tion Day  they  won  their  heat  at  the  Passaic  Regatta,  defeating  crews 
from  the  Triton  and  Institute  Clubs,  and  came  in  second  to  the  Pas- 
saics  in  the  final,  after  a  splendid  race,  losing  by  less  than  a  length, 
and  defeating  the  Princetons,  Institutes  and  Tritons,  while  a  week 
later  at  the  Harlem  Regatta,  with  such  competitors  as  the  Atalantas, 
Nassaus  and  Metropolitans,  they  covered  themselves  with  glory  by 
winning  the  race  in  6  min.  28  sec.  Unfortunately  at  the  Kill  Von 
Kull  Regatta  held  on  the  2d  of  September,  the.  Four-Oared  race 

"FORGED  ANGLE  FKAMt" 


THE  STATEN  ISLAND  ATHLETIC  CLUB.  55 

was  started  before  this  crew  got  to  the  starting  line,  or  the  result  might 
have  been  changed,  while  as  it  was,  the  Alcyone  crew  crossed  the  line 
a  winner  for  the  first  time  at  this  event.  The  home  club's  crew  'was 
composed  of  Frank  Janssen,  bow,  R.  Conyngham,  2,  H.  B.  Rich,  3, 
and  Harry  Janssen,  stroke. 

The  Club  Regatta  was  held  on  July  loth,  with  the  following  events- 
Junior  and  Senior  Singles,  Four-oared  Barge,'  Gig  and  Shell,  and 
Eight-oared  Shell.  In  the  Junior  Single  H.  J.  Tyndale  defeated 
Richards,  A.  B.  -  Rich,  Magee  and  Redmond,  while  Harry  Janssen 
easily  beat  Hicks  and  Roberts  in  the  race  for  the  Seniors.  The  Eight- 
oared  t-hell  Race  was  made  up  of  two  crews,  in  which  the  Married 
men  rowed  against  the  Single,  and  after  a  close  race  for  three-quarters 
of  a  mile,  the  Single  men  proved  their  ability  to  outstay  the  Married 
by  one  boat  length.  The  crews  were  composed  of — 


W.  G.  Dedrichsen,  O:  T  Johnson 

'C.  A.  White,  W.  J.  U.  Roberts, 

W.  A.  Lentilhon,  F.  L.  Rodewald, 

H.  J.  Tyndale,  J.  W.  Edwards, 
L.  Morris,  Coxs'n  for  the  Married, 

and 

R.  Conyngham,  W.  C.  Rowland, 

G.  Richards,  J.  E.  Bonner. 

F.  C.  Miller,  H.   G.  Van  Vechten, 

Frank  Janssen,  Harry  Janssen. 

with  Fred  Janssen.  Coxs'n  for  the  Singles. 


The  hop  in  the  evening  was  one  of  the  most  brilliant  events  of 
its  class  ever  held  on  Staten  Island,  while  among  the  500  people  pre- 
sent, could  be  seen  many  of  the  Toronto  Lacrosse  Club. 

At  the  Kills  Regatta  this  year  the  club  was  sustained  by  W.  C. 
Rowland  winning  the  Senior  Single  from  Annet  and  four  others. 

Much  credit  is  due  to  the  embryo  yachtsman  of  this  club  whose 
fleet,  consisting  of  some  half  dozen  canoes,  a  sharpie  and  three  jib 
and  mainsail  boats  of  from  14  to  20  feet  in  length,  may  be  seen,  wind 
and  weather  permitting,  darting  through  the  water  of  the  Kills  and  Bay, 
showing  evidence  of  no  mean  skill  on  the  part  of  their  captains. 

In  August  it  was  decided  to  hold  a  Regatta  of  these  small  boats 
over  a  triangular  course  of  about  five  miles. 

Messrs.  E.  Hicks  and  P.  C.  Sus  were  appointed  Judges,  Captain 
Frank  Janssen,  Referee,  and  a  "set  of  colors"  provided  for  the  winning 
boat,  (having  been  presented  by  Mr.  P.  C.  Sus.) 

"FORGED  ANGLE  FRAME"    SAFE, 


56  .          THE  STATEN  ISLAND  ATHLETIC  CLUB. 

The  date  fixed  was  the  23d,  and  five  of  the  fleet  appeared  at  the 
starting  point,   namely: — 


"Ada" 20  feet W.  D.  Wiman 

'  Josie" 18  feet L.  Morris 

"Oriole" 14  feet L.  B.  Frieze,  Jr. 

"Surge" 1 6  feet H.  O.   Bailey. 

"Sharpie" . .  .  16  feet A.  Jacoutot. 

The  start,  which  was  a  flying  one,  was  made  a  little  after  four  P. 
M.  A  brisk  breeze  was  blowing  from  the  S.E.,  and  the  picture  made 
by  the  tiny  crafts  as  they  dashed  off  to  their  first  mark  was  one  to  be 
remembered  by  those  who  witnessed  the  race. 

A  preparatory  signal  was  given  first,  and  five  minutes  later  the  sig- 
nal to  start  was  sounded. 

The  first  boat  to  cross  the  line  was  the  "Oriole"  at  4-42-35. 
Three  seconds  later  the  "Josie;"  "Surge"  at  4-42-50,  "Sharpie"  next 
and  lastly  the  "Ada"  at  4-44-0. 

With  the  wind  abeam,  the  boats  flew  towards  Robbins  Reef 
Light. 

The  wind  piping  up  a  merry  tune,  and  Mistress  "Ada"  dancing  by 
all  her  competitors;  around  the  Light  they  jibe,  "Ada,"  "Oriole," 
"Josie,"  "Surge"  and  "Sharpie"  in  the  order  named.  Now  with 
booms  to  starboard  and  jibs  whiskered  out  to  port  they  make  for 
Greenville  Dock.  "Josie"  tackles  "Oriole"  for  second  place,  and 
catching  a  puff  of  the  now  dying  breeze,  hauls  round  the  second 
mark  well  up  in  the  race,  and  begins  to  beat  home  against  a  flood  tide. 

"Oriole"  and  "Surge"  are  close  on  her  heels,  and  had  the  wind 
held,  the  finish  would  have  been  much  closer  than  it  was. 

In  order  to  avoid  the  tide,  "Josie"  and  "Surge"  hug  close  to  the 
Bayonne  shore,  while  the  "Oriole"  stands  out  on  the  starboard  tack 
after  the  "Ada, "a  course  which  proved  the  wisest. 

Gradually  the  boats  draw  near  the  finish  (Constable's  Point)  which 
was  first  reached  by  the  "Ada"  at  5.49. 20;  '  'Oriole"  second  at  6. 2. 1 2; 
"Surge,"  "Josie"  and  "Sharpie"  coming  in  in  the  order  named. 

The  "Ada"  therefore  made  the  race  in  i  hour  5  min.  and  20  sec. , 
beating  the  "Oriole  14  min.  and  17  sec.,  and  upon  returning  to  the 
boat  house,  Captain  Wiman  was  presented  with  the  colors  amid  the 
cheers  of  the  members,  and  so  closed  the  first  S.  I.  A.  C.  Sail  Boat 
Regatta,  while  those  interested  had  every  reason  to  feel  encouraged 
for  future  races. 


MARVIN'S  FIRE  •  BURGuif  SAFE 


THE  STATEN  ISLAND  ATHLETIC  CLUB.  57 

Although  third  in  the  race,  the  "Surge"  has  carried  off  honors  in 
other  events,  as  her  trophies,  now  decorating  the  club  rooms,  will 
testify,  while  as  a  specimen  of  a  perfectly  rigged  and  fitted  canoe,  she 
takes  a  foremost  place. 

September  i4th  dawned  a  fine  day  for  athletic  sports,  and  the 
annual  Fall  Games  of  the  Club  were  as  successful  as  ever.  A.  B. 
Rich  and  E.  W.  Gould,  both  of  the  S.  I.  A.  C,  won  first  and  second 
in  the  Bicycle  Race,  while  Rich  won  the  5-mile  championship  at 
Albany  a  week  later,  his  time  being  17  min.  44  2-5  sec.,  and  also  the 
I -mile  race  in  3  min.  ^  sec. 

Eight  men  started  in  the  former  race  and  nine  in  the  latter. 
Rich  took  up  cycling  in  1880,  and  the  same  year  he  finished  first  in  a 
2 -mile  race  at  the  Polytechnic  Institute  games  on  May  2Oth.  He  won 
the  2-mile  race  in  7.28,  and  the  3  miles  in  12. 13  at  the  Williamsburgh 
A.  C.  Games,  defeating  Fiske,  the  Austins  and  W.  R.  Pitman.  At 
the  American  A.  C.  Games,  held  on  the  Polo  Grounds  in  1884,  he 
finished  second  to  W.  J.  Powen  in  7  min.  i  sec.  for  two  miles  with 
twelve  starters.  It  was  at  the  Albany  Bicycle  Meet  that  he  won  the 
above  one  and  five-mile  races,  and  also  the  championship  of 
America. 

The  winter  of  '84  and  '85  the  Charleston  Blues  especially  distin- 
guished themselves  at  the  Williamsburgh  A.  C.  Minstrel  show,  given  at 
the  Brooklyn  Academy.  The  Brooklyn  Times  of  December  1 5th  say- 
ing, that  any  crack  military  organization  could  be  put  to  shame  by  the 
manoeuvres  of  the  sixteen  men  under  Captain  Davis  and  Lieutenant 
Janssen.  The  company  also  performed  at  Griffith's  Hall,  Port  Rich- 
mond and  at  Chickering  Hall,  New  York  City,  in  the  entertainment 
given  by  the  Atalanta  Boat  Club.  Here  however  the  "Blues"  part  was 
not  as  good  as  usual,  owing  to  the  limited  space  of  stage,  but  they 
brought  down  the  house  a  number  of  times,  and  received  as  hearty 
an  applause  as  ever. 

The  following  gentlemen  held  office  this  year: — 

PRESIDENT. 

J.  W.  EDWARDS. 

VICE-PRESIDENT,  SECRETARY,  TREASURER, 

H.  O.  BAILEY.  W.  C.  DAVIS.  F.  W.  JANSSEN. 

CAPTAIN7, 

F.  G.  JANSSEN. 


FIRST    LIEUTENANT, 

C.  A.  WHITE. 

J.  W.  EDWARDS. 
W.  C.  DAVIS 
J.  E.  FABER. 
H.  W.  J.  TELFAIR 
A.  L.  FARIS. 

SECOND    LIEUTENANT, 

H.  VAN  VECHTEN. 

TRUSTEES. 

F.  W.  JANSSEN. 
F.  G.  JANSSEN. 
W.  F.  DISOSWAY. 
F.  L.  RODEWALD. 
0.  T.  JOHNSON. 

MSRYIN'S    "TDNGUE   +    GRQDYE  "    SAFE, 


58  THE  STATEN  ISLAND  ATHLETIC  CLUB 

All  these  years  the  club  had  been  paying  6  per  cent,  interest 
on  its  "scrip"  debt,  as  well  as  investing  some  $900  yearly  in  boats  and 
oars  alone.  The  track  and  grounds,  Club  and  Boat  Houses  were  all 
kept  in  first-class  condition,  and  the  club  debt  was  being  fast  wiped 
out. 

The  balance  not  paid  off  fell  due  on  July  ist,  1885,  and  was 
paid  off  with  interest  in  full  to  date,  so  that  the  club  now  stands  first, 
financially  speaking,  of  the  many  clubs  around  this  vicinity.  It  is 
entirely  free  of  debt  in  every  respect,  while  the  members  own  all  their 
club  houses,  stands,  boats,  etc. 

In  and  around  their  large  and  handsome  boat  house  may  be 
seen  27  Single  Sculls,  i  8-Oared  Shell,  4  4-Oared  Shells,  2  Pair  Oared 
Shells,  3  Barges,  2  Gigs,  i  4-Oared  Paper  Gig,  5  Canoes,  3  Working 
Boats,  4  Sail  Boats,  i  Steam  Launch,  and  several  other  minor  crafts, 
and  all  of  which  are  in  first-class  condition,  having  been  built  by  the 
well-known  boat  makers,  Smith,  of  the  Harlem,  or  Waters  &  Sons, 
of  Troy.  The  boat  house  is  most  certainly  one  of,  if  not  the  finest 
around  New  York,  and  the  members  are  always  delighted  to  show 
their  friends  and  visitors  around  at  any  time.  The  Club  belongs  to 
the  National  Association  of  Amateur  Athletes,  the  Kill  Von  Kull  Row- 
ing Association,  and  some  smaller  associations  unworthy  of  mention- 
The  roll  stands  now  at  -270,  including  18  Life  Members,  namely: — 


W.  K.  SOUTTER.  ERASTUS  WIMAN. 

AQUILLA  RICH.  OLIVER  T.  JOHNSON. 

JOHN  W.  EDWARDS.  D.  A.  NESBITT 

A.  O.  WILLCOX.  J  F.  EMMONS. 

J.  R.  TELFAIR.  H.  G.  MEEKER. 

W.  R.  WHITE.  R.  T  P.  FISKE. 

W.  WESTON.  W.  L.  BONES. 

K.  P.  G  BUCKLIN.  H.  A.  CAESAR. 
E.  A.  ROLLINS. 


This  present  year  has  been  rather  quiet  so  far  for  the  S.  I.  A.  C. 
with  one  exception,  owing  to  the  weather  and  want  of  a  little  exertion 
on  the  part  of  athletes.  P.  J.  Murphy  won  the  hundred  yards  at  the 
B.  P.  R.  A.  Games  on  June  jyth  in  10^  sec.  P.  C.  Worth  won  the 
93,  220  and  440  yard  runs  at  the  7th  Regiment  Games  in  April,  the 
440  at  the  National  Guard  Championships,  April  7th,  held  at  the 
Armory  of  the  I3th  Regiment,  Brooklyn,  and  also  the  half  mile  at  the 
9th  Regiment  Games.  Rich,  the  bicycle  rider,  is  the  one  exception, 
and  too  much  glory  cannot  be  given  to  so  young  and  magnificent  a, 
rider,  as  he  most  certainly  has  proven  himself  to  be. 


ESTABLISHED  47   YEARS. 


THE  STATEN  ISLAND  ATHLETIC  CLUB.  59 

Among  some  of  his  many  victories  may  be  mentioned  the  one 
and  two  mile  races  at  the  Citizens'  Meet,  held  at  the  American  Insti- 
tute. The  former  race  he  won  from  scratch  in  3.18  and  the  latter 
in  6.25.  He  also  won  the  2-mile  handicap  race  at  the  Williamsburgh 
A.  C.  Games  on  May  3<Dth  in  6.49.  On  June  6th  at  the  Yale  Col- 
lege Games,  he  won  the  one  and  two  mile  races  in  2. 58  and  5.58 
respectively.  Then  came  the  Kings  County  Wheelmen  in  June,  at 
which' meeting  he  won  the  3  mile  championship  of  America  race  in 
9.54,  and  also  the  2  and  lo-mile  races  in  6.20  and  34.23  2-5,  the  lat- 
ter being  on  the  W.  A.  C.  track. 

He  again  won  the  championship  at  4  miles  later  on,  covering 
the  distance  in  14.02  sec.  On  June  2oth,  .at  the  Utica  Meet  he  won 
the  half-mile  in  1.26,  and  the  State  championship  for  three  miles.  On 
July  ist  he  took  the  prizes  for  the  i  and  3-mile  races,  having  ridden 
the  full  distances  in  3.04  and  9.54. 

Mr.  Aquilla  B.  Rich  is  but  20  years  old,  and  is  thought  to  be  the 
coming  man  of  this  country  at  from  ene  to  ten  miles.  He  is  5  ft.  5 
in.  high,  weighs  133  pounds,  and  belongs  also  to  the  League  of  Amer- 
ican Wheemen. 

The  club  held  a  preparatory  Regatta  off  the  Boat  House  on  June 
1 8th  for  the  purpose  of  starting  the  boys  in,  and  the  races  were  good 
considering  the  water  and  condition  of  most  of  the  men.  W.  Y. 
Wemple  won  the  Junior  Single  from  Redmond  and  Sus,  and  Harry 
Janssen  defeated  Tyndale  by  three  lengths  for  the  Senior  prize.  The 
other  races  were  4-oared  Barge,  4  and  8-oared  Shells,  the  latter  being 
a  very  close  and  exciting  race  throughout  The  yachtsman  have 
sailed  but  one  race  this  present  season  so  far,  "  Oriole,"  "Surge"  and 
"Josie"  contesting  for  a  pennant  presented  by  Mr.  Morris,  of  the 
"  Josie."  It  was  the  Josie's  day,  as  with  a  new  set  of  sails  fully  one- 
third  larger  than  those  of  last  year,  she  led  her  rivals  from  start  to  fin- 
ish, and  won  by  some  400  yards  W.  C.  Rowland  again  won  the 
Senior  Single  Scull  Race  at  the  Kills  Regatta,  defeating  Messrs.  Shreve 
and  Ellsworth  with  comparative  ease. 

This  record  shows  very  plainly  what  the  club  and  its  members 
have  been  doing  during  the  past  eight  years,  while  the  A  i  financial 
and  social  standing  speaks  for  itself.  The  members  are  as  jolly  a  lot 
as  can  be  found  anywhere,  and  are  ready  at  all  times  to  lend  a  helping 
hand  to  their  friends  and  brother  clubs. 

The  thirteen  men  who  organized  the  Association  have  been  the 
prime  movers  in  all  its  schemes  and  undertakings,  and  they,  with  the 
help  of  a  few  others  interested  in  the  club's  welfare  claim,  as  they  have 
a  right  to  do,  that  the  club  is  now  one  which  will  weather  many  heavy 


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AND    LONDON. 


60  THE  STATEN  ISLAND  ATHLETIC  CLUB. 

storms  to  come,  and  long  after  many  brother  and  sister  organizations 
have  passed  out  of  existence  the  "Black"  and  "Yellow"  will  be  seen 
both  on  land  and  water  as  the  colors  of  the 


STATEN  ISLAND  ATHLETIC  CLUB. 

Tke  following  comprise  the  officers  for  the  year  ending  March 
ist,  1886: — 


PRESIDENT, 

J.  W.  EDWARDS. 

VICE-PRESIDENT,  SECRETARY,  TREASURER, 

H.  O.  BAILEY.  WM.  C.  DAVIS.        QEO.  M.  MACKELLAR. 

CAPTAIN, 

WM.  C.  ROWLAND. 

FIRST  LIEUTENANT,      SECOND  LIEUTENANT,        COR  SECRETARY, 

W.  J.  U.  ROBERTS.  A.  B.  RICH.  E.  HICKS. 

TRUSTEES, 

J.  W.  EDWARDS.  W.  C.  DAVIS. 

QEO.  M.  MACKELLAR.  W.  C.  ROWLAND. 

O.  T.  JOHNSON.  J.  E.  FABER. 

W.  LENTILHO.  L.  B.  FRIEZE,  JR. 

W.  F.  DISOSWAY.  H.  W.  J.  TELFAIR. 


The  Janitor,  William  Hegarty,  and  Track  Master,  Jerry  Mahoney, 
are  two  obliging  and  respectful  men.  The  former,  especially,  is 
always  on  the  lookout  for  the  boys'  wants,  and  is  thought  much  of 
by  the  Athletes  of  the  Club. 

For  several  years  past  this  club  has  been  contemplating  buying 
some  land  where  an  athletic  track,  grand  stands,  club  house,  etc., 
could  be  built  in  keeping  with  its  elegant  boat-house. 

This  piece  of  land  has  now  been  obtained  on  Bement  avenue 
(the  same  street  the  present  grounds  are  located  on),  and  next  year 
the  friends,  athletes  and  visitors  of  the  S.  I.  A.  C.  will  see  the  finest 
track  and  grounds  in  America. 

The  club  also  intends  taking  up  Tennis,  Base  Ball,  Foot  Ball  and 
Lacrosse  in  addition  to  their  now  many  sports,  and  the  members  will 
take  part  in  all  these  games,  while  the  club  intends  giving  matches, 
tournaments  and  such  like  entertainments. 

MIRYIN'S  SAFES  HaYG  "Becessei  Door  wfflBool[  C^e  Protector." 


THE  STATEN  ISLAND  ATHLETIC  CLUB.  61 

The  new  grounds  are  420  by  450  feet,  and  at  present  (in  its  rough 
state)  the  field  has  but  i%  feet  grade  over  its  entire  surface. 

The  grounds  cost  $10,000  cash,  and  have  been  paid  for  as  fol- 
lows :  $2,500  scrip  to  members,  bearing  5  per  cent,  interest  per  an- 
num, and  $7, 500  bond  and  mortgage. 

It  is  the  intention  of  the  club  to  hold  a  fair  this  corning  winter, 
and  in  time  to  come  this  organization  will  undoubtedly  show  the 
world  at  large  what  a  club  house  is  and  should  be,  while  over  the 
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THE  WILLIAMSBURGH  ATHLETIC  CLUB.  63 

HISTORY    OF    THE 

Williamsburgh  Athletic  Club, 

BROOKLYN. 

To  lovers  of  athletic   sports  throughout  the  country  the  initials 


have  considerable  significance.  In  Brooklyn  and  New  York, 
folks  who  do  not  even  know  the  difference  between  a  handicap 
and  a  hurdle  understand  their  meaning.  They  appear  in  many  an 
official  record  in  connection  with  feats  accomplished  by  pluck,  endu- 
rance and  agility.  And  they  can  be  found  on  many  a  trophy  won  on 
fiercely  contested  fields. 

The  Williamsburgh  Athletic  Club,  for  which  it  is  hardly  necessary 
to  say  the  letters  stand,  is  one  of  the  institutions  of  Brooklyn.  It  has 
made  a  record  unsurpassed  in  the  same  period  of  time  by  any  similar 
organization  and  made  the  City  of  Churches  second  to  none  as  the 
home  of  victorious  athletes.  While  Brooklynites  take  a  just  pride  in 
their  representative  club,  comparatively  few  of  them  are  aware  from 
what  a  small  beginning  the  organization  has  grown  to  its  present  pow- 
erful proportions,  or  the  small  space  of  time  in  which  it  has  accom- 
plished so  much.  Most  residents  have  seen  the  spacious,  finely  ap- 
pointed club-house  and  grounds  on  DeKalb  avenue,  but  not  many 
remember  the  first  home  of  the  club. 

When  clubs  from  which  the  W.  A.  C.  have  since  wrested  laurels 
were  as  powerful  as  now,  the  Williamsburgh  Club  was  not  even  con- 
ceived. It  was  in  January,  1879,  that  the  project  of  forming  an  ath- 
letic organization  in  the  Eastern  District  was  first  discussed.  Three 
young  men  were  the  projectors,  and  they  had  no  idea  at  the  time  that 
they  were  laying  the  corner  stone  of  a  structure  that  would  be  one 
of  the  staunchest  in  the  land,  They  were  in  earnest,  however,  and 
in  a  week  had  interested  two  more  youths  in  the  scheme  : 

T.  V.  FORSTER,  C.  GANBERT, 

C.  C.   HASELTON,  JOHN  WOOD,  JR., 

T.  WATSON. 

MSRYIN'S    "TDN&UE  *  &RDDYE"    SSFE. 


64  THE  WILLIAMSBURGH  ATHLETIC  CLUB. 

The  five  started  the  Williamsburgh  Athletic  Club,  and  organized 
on  January  21,  1879.  It  was  not  long  before  the  membership  roll  in- 
cluded 50  names,  and  the  club  was  incorporated  on  November  iyth. 
1879, 

When  this  point  had  been  reached,  the  new  club  secured  a  meet- 
ing room  over  Wright's  Business  College,  which,  while  very  good  for 
a  social  gathering,  did  not  give  much  opportunity  as  a  training  place. 
None  of  the  members  possessed  any  more  wealth  than  the  law  al- 
owed,  but  they  all  had  plenty  of  vim  and  an  abiding  faith  that  the 
club  would  come  out  all  right.  Each  contributed  within  his  means 
towards  a  fund  started  to  lease  a  suitable  place  as  a  club  house. 

By  the  time  summer  approached  the  fund  contained  enough  to 
lease  a  plot  of  ground  on  the  corner  of  Bedford  avenue  and  Rutledge 
street,  but  there  was  not  a  great  deal  left  in  the  treasury  to  improve 
the  ground.  That,  however,  did  not  worry  the  members  to  any  great 
extent.  Their  object  in  forming  the  club  was  physical  culture,  and 
they  realized  that  there  was  no  better  way  of  getting  up  muscle  than 
by  juggling  earth  with  picks  and  shovels.  A  few  laborers  had  been 
employed,  but  if  the  members  had  not  thrown  off  their  coats  and  gone 
to  work  ever}-  fine  evening  they  would  have  had  to  wait  a  good  while 
longer  before  the  track  was  finished.  There  were  twelve  laps  to  the 
mile  on  the  track  thus  built.  A  rude  stand,  capable  of  seating  about 
1 50  spectators,  was  constructed,  and  a  tent  was  put  up  to  serve  the 
double  purpose  of  a  club  house  and  dressing-room  combined. 

At  this  time  the  go-as-you-please  contests  were  all  the  rage,  and 
the  first  exhibition  given  by  the  club  was  a  two  hours  go-as-you-please 
match  with  about  a  dozen  entries.  Thirteen  miles  and  seven  laps 
stood  to  the  credit  of  the  winner.  During  the  following  fall  the  first 
annual  games  of  the  club  were  given,  when  the  results  achieved  went 
rather  beyond  expectations. 

The  following  gentlemen  were  officers  in  1880  and  1881: — 


1880. 

PRESIDENT, 

WILLIAM  C.  BRYANT. 

VICE-PRESIDENT,  TREASURER,  SECRETARY, 

FRANK  SPERRY.  CHAS.  C.  HASELTON         JOHN  WOOD,  JR. 

COR.    SECRETARY,  FIN.    SECRETARY, 

N.  I.  LYON.  WALTER  BROWER. 

CAPTAIN, 

WALTER  SMITH. 

FIRST    LIEUTENANT,  SECOND    LIEUTENANT, 

WM.  H.  HANDY.  F.  M.  PRICE. 

CANNOT  BE  TAKEN  APART  WITH  A 
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THE  WILLIAMSBURGH  ATHLETIC  CLUB.  65 

CLUB  HANDICAPPER, 

GILBERT  C.  PETERKIN. 

TRUSTEES : 

WILLIAM  C.  BRYANT.  JOHN  T.  ROBERTS. 

N.  I.  LYON.  LEWIS  H.  SLOCUM. 

JOHN  WOOD,  JK.  DANIEL  T.  GATESON. 

BENJ.  W.  WILSON,  JK.  CHARLES  C.  HASELTON. 

THOMAS  V.  FORSTER.  PRANK  SPERRY. 

JOSEPH  G.  LIDDLE.  CHARLES  HUSTED. 

1881, 

PRESIDENT, 

W.  D.  LIDDLE. 

VICE-PRESIDENT,  SECRETARY,  TREASURER, 

FRANK  SPERRY.  JOHN  WOOD,  JR.          WM.  C.  BRYANT. 

COR.    SECRETARY,  FIN.    SECRETARY, 

FRANK  MASON.  JOSEPH  G.  LIDDLE. 

CAPTAIN, 

GEORGE  A.  WEBSTER. 

FIRST  LIEUTENANT,  SECOND  LIEUTENANT, 

THEO.  A.  CHOICENER.  ROBT.  H.  CLARKE. 

TRUSTEES, 

W.  D.  LIDDLE.  GEORGE  A.  WEBSTER. 

JOHN  T.  ROBERTS.  JOHN  WOOD,  JK. 

BENJ.  W.  WILSON,  JR.  C.  C.  HASELTON. 

WILLIAM  C.  BRYANT.  LEWIS  H.  SLOCUM. 

N.  I.  LYON.  J.  G.  LIDDLE. 

D.  T.  GATESON.  M.  W.  GLEASON. 

Once  the  club  was  fairly  established,  the  list  of  membership  in- 
creased, and  it  was  determined  to  secure  larger  quarters,  which  were 
obtained  at  Wythe  avenue,  Penn  and  Rutledge  streets.  Here  a. 
track,  measuring  eight  laps  to  the  mile,  was  laid  out,  a  club-house 
and  gymnasium  built,  and  a  commodious  grand  stand  constructed. 
The  boys  were  very  proud  when  they  moved  into  their  new  quarters, 
which  were,  however,  insignificant  compared  to  the  elegant  club-house 
and  grounds  they  now  occupy.  A  subscription  was  raised  to  pur- 
chase the  necessary  apparatus  for  the  gymnasium  from  the  members, 
and  efforts  were  made  to  place  the  club  among  the  leading  athletic 
organizations.  The  annual  Spring  games  proved  that  this  could  be 
accomplished. 

Amateurs  of  prominence  attended  the  succeeding  meetings,  three 
or  four  of  which  were  given  every  season,  and  during  the  three  years 
that  the  grounds  were  used  many  records  were  beaten,  and  not  a  few 
champions  owe  their  progresss  to  practice  on  the  track.  In  the 
Spring  of  1884  it  was  learned  that  the  lease  of  the  property  could  not 

MARTIN'S  SAFES Haye"RGcesse0oor^ 


66  THE  WILLIAMSBURGH  ATHLETIC  CLUB. 

be  renewed,  and  finding  that  they  were  outgrowing  the  old  place,  a 
grand  athletic  boom  was  started  among  the  members,  and  they  se- 
cured the  block  on  the  corner  of  DeKalb  and  Classon  avenues,  known 
as  the  old  Clohaven  Estate. 

This  was  the  club's  greatest  effort,  and  to  secure  the  property 
and  put  it  into  proper  shape  required  a  large  outlay  of  money,  which 
was  obtained  through  the  co-operation  of  several  wealthy  gentlemen. 

Work  was  commenced  in  March,  1884,  and  by  May  a  complete 
transformation  had  been  wrought  in  the  neglected  grounds  and  de- 
serted old  mansion,  which  had  the  reputation  of  being  haunted.  A 
splendid  cinder-track,  measuring  five  laps  to  the  mile,  was  laid  out 
and  the  dilapidated  old  homestead  turned  into  a  really  elegant  club- 
house. Large  grand  and  free  stands  were  built.  Besides  this,  a 
bowling  alley  was  constructed  in  a  separate  building,  and  the  old 
club-house  was  moved  down,  painted  and  altered  to  be  used  as  a 
gymnasium. 

So,  in  a  short  time  they  refitted  the  old  mansion  and  built  a  fine 
track,  with  grand  stands,  having  a  seating  capacity  of  3,000.  The 
track  was  laid  by  the  veteran  Jack  McMasters.  It  has  well-rounded 
corners,  is  drained  well,  and  measures  twenty  feet  in  width. 

The  house  of  the  club  is  not  only  commodious,  but  very  com- 
plete and  beautiful.  It  consists  of  the  old  mansion  and  an  annex  on 
each  side.>' 

The  ladies'  reception-room  is  on  the  first  floor  proper.  It  is 
finished  exclusively  in  the  colors  of  the  club — blue  and  gold.  Sump- 
tuous furniture  in  blue  and  gold  embossed  plush  abounds,  a  remark- 
ably handsome  tete-a-tete  chair  occupying  the  place  of  honor.  Even 
the  globes  of  the  chandelier  are  composed  of  an  equal  number  in  the 
prevailing  colors.  The  blue  silk  championship  flag  worn  by  the  base- 
ball team  two  years  ago  stands  in  a  corner.  The  rear  parlor  is  simi- 
larly adorned  with  a  rich  championship  emblem  captured  three  years 
ago  by  a  quartette  of  athletes  belonging  to  the  club.  Across  the  hand- 
some hall  is  the  reading  and  smoking-room.  Here  the  "  Knights  of 
the  Round  Table  "  congregate  nightly,  and  make  the  walls  ring  with 
melodious  songs  and  witty  jokes.  A  long  and  narrow  table,  strewn 
with  books  and  periodicals,  chiefly  of  a  sporting  character,  is  the 
principal  object  in  the  apartment.  Rosewood  chairs,  finished  in 
leather,  are  scattered  about  promiscuously.  Both  the  parlor  and 
reading-room  extend  the  entire  depth  of  the  house. 

The  executive  chambers  are  on  the  second  floor.  They  consist 
of  two  apartments.  The  one  is  set  apart  for  the  use  of  the  manager 
and  the  board  of  trustees,  and  the  other  is  devoted  to  the  use  of  the 
different  committees.  The  mantel  of  the  committee-room  is  orna- 


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THE  WILLIAMSBURGH  ATHLETIC  CLUB.  67 

mented  with  excellent  portraits  of  the  club's  champion  ball-tossers  of 
two  years  ago,  as  also  their  ambitious  successors  of  the  present  sea- 
son. On  this  floor  are  also  two  rooms  where  cards,  checkers,  chess 
and  dominoes  are  indulged  in,  to  while  away  pleasantly  the  long 
evenings.  The  tables  are  of  cherry-wood,  and  the  chairs  of  the  un- 
ique little  pattern  known  as  Venice.  The  checker-table — a  preten- 
tious piece  of  furniture — is  composed  of  solid  ebony. 

That  portion  of  the  house  most  frequented  by  the  more  muscular 
of  the  members  is  the  top  floor  A  suggestive-looking  platform,  four- 
teen feet  square  and  one  foot  high,  in  the  middle  of  the  room,  leaves 
no  doubt  in  the  mind  of  the  visitor  as  to  what  use  it  is  put.  A  gas- 
fixture,  with  a  dozen  jets  and  a  large  reflector  hanging  over  all  is 
placed  directly  over  the  centre,  at  an  elevation  of  nine  and  a  half 
feet.  Four  burners,  each  placed  in  front  of  a  powerful  reflector,  are 
placed  at  each  corner,  so  as  to  throw  the  light  into  the  inmost  re- 
cesses of  the  apartments.  It  is  here  that  the  meetings  of  the  club  are 
regularly  held.  Over  300  chairs  are  uniformly  ranged  about,  which," 
with  the  room  left  unoccupied,  affords  accommodations  for  500. 

The  large  field  has  also  received  considerable  attention  from  the 
omnipresent  manager.  He  has  erected  commodious  lockers  under 
the  grand  stand  for  the  benefit  of  contes'.ants,  and  has  also  construct- 
ed a  safeguard  for  them  in  one  of  their  favorite  amusements — base- 
ball. The  muscle  of  the  players  having  proven  sometime  ago  to  be 
too  strong  for  the  height  of  the  fences,  he  has  placed  a  wire  netting 
on  either  side,  50  feet  high  and  140  feet  long. 

The  out-buildings,  though  architecturally  unpretentious,  are  still 
as  perfect  specimens  of  their  class  as  could  be  found.  The  bowling 
alley,  in  particular,  is  fitted  up  in  a  manner  that  would  bring  joy  to 
the  average  bowler's  heart.  There  are  six  alleys,  each  with  a  separ- 
ate run.  Settees  for  the  players  are  placed  in  the  front,  while  direct- 
ly in  front  of  them  again  are  chairs  and  tables  for  the  amusement  of 
the  spectators.  Twenty-four  burners  serve  to  light  the  building  suf- 
ficiently for  the  purposes  for  which  it  was  designated.  The  gymna- 
sium stands  on  the  corner  of  Classen  avenue.  It  is  not  fully  com- 
pleted yet,  but  the  work  has  advanced  to  such  a  stage  that  a  fair  idea 
of  its  future  appearance  may  be  obtained  at  a  casual  glance.  On  en- 
tering, one  enters  the  wash-room,  where  the  bath  is  entirely  surround- 
ed by  marble,  with  a  projection  of  the  same  material  several  feet  in 
height,  extending  about  the  bath,  at  a  distance  of  about  four  feet 
from  the  same.  The  next  compartment,  known  as  the  locker-room, 
is  finished  exclusively  in  narrow  Georgia  pine,  polished  to  a  high  de- 
gree. Two  tiers  of  lockers,  with  twenty  more  in  the  centre,  give  ac- 
commodation to  350  men,  two  to  each  locker.  Each  closet  is  fas- 

MARVIN'S  SAFE*  H47/  "Sliding  Back  Plate." 


68  THE  WILLIAMSBURGH  ATHLETIC  CLUB. 

tened  with  a  miniature  combination  lock,  every   man  having  his  ov.-n 
combination. 

The  gymnasium  proper  is  fitted  up  with  swinging  rings,  horizon- 
tal bars,  vaulting  poles  and  other  athletic  implements.  Indian  clubs, 
boxing  gloves,  dumb-bells  and  foils  also  find  a  resting  place  in  this 
section. 

The  first  games  at  the  present  grounds  were  given  on  Decoration 
Day  last  year,  when  four  of  the  best  on  records  were  made.  These 
records  were  as  follows:  125  yards  in  12^  seconds,  by  L.  E.  Myers, 
Manhattan  A.  C.,  and  M.  W.  Ford,  New  York  A.  C.  Two  mile  walk, 
in  13  minutes  48  2-5  seconds,  by  Frank  Murray,  Williamsburgh  A  d 
Three-mile  run  in  15  minutes  31  4-5  seconds,  and  five-mile  run  io. 
26  minutes  31  seconds,  by  Thomas  F.  Delaney,  Williamsburgh 
A.  C. 

The  inner  field  is  used  for  base-ball,  lacrosse,  cricket,  foot-ball 
and  other  like  sports,  and  the  lovers  of  these  games  will  find  all  the 
space  necessary  for  indulgence  in  their  favorite  pastimes.  There  is 
also  ample  room  for  putting  the  shot,  throwing  the  hammer,  tug  of 
war,  jumping  and  pole  vaulting,  where  the  men  of  muscle  can  give 
full  vent  to  their  prowess. 

When  the  club  took  a  lease  of  the  property  it  had  a  membership 
of  200,  but  so  rapid  has  its  growth  been  since  that  it  now  numbers 
1,050  names  on  its  rolls.  So  numerous  are  the  applications  for  mem- 
bership, that  the  advisibility  of  confining  the  membership  to  1,200  has 
been  discussed.  While  occupying  so  prominent  a  position  at  home, 
the  club  is  far  from  being  unrecognized  abroad.  Secretary  Walter  H. 
Hegeman,  of  the  W.  A.  C,  is  the  official  handicapper  of  the  National 
Association. 

Since  the  club  has  been  in  existence  it  has  brought  out  nine 
individual  champions  and  won  ten  championship  events,  a  record  that 
no  other  club  in  America  can  show  for  the  same  number  of  years. 
At  the  annual  championship  meeting  in  1882,  this  city,  with  one  ath- 
letic club  (the  W.  A.  C.),  won  five  individual  championships  against 
New  York  City,  with  eight  clubs,  of  which  no  one  club  won  over 
three.  There  also  competed,  that  year,  representatives  from  Boston, 
San  Francisco,  Philadelphia,  Canada  and  Yale  and  Harvard  colleges, 
of  which  Yale,  Harvard  and  Boston  each  won  one  championship,  and 
Philadelphia  two,  the  latter  both  by  the  same  man. 

This  club  secured  Mr.  Thomas  Barrington,  a  well-known  and 
capable  gentleman,  as  manager.  Mr.  Gilbert  H.  Badeau,  the  Presi- 
dent has  done  much  for  the  advancement  of  the  club.  Besides  be- 
ing president  of  the  club,  he  has  helu  the  honorable  position  of  Presi- 
dent of  the  National  Amateur  Athletic  Association  for  the  past  two 

CANNOT  BE  TAKEN  APART  WITH  A. 
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THE  WILLIAMSBURGH  ATHLETIC  CLUB  69 

years.  It  was  through  him  that  the  championship  games  were  held  in 
Williamsburgh  last  year,  this  being  the  first  time  they  were  ever  held 
outside  of  New  York  City. 

The  club  has  a  number  of  prominent  athletes  and  champions  in 
its  large  membership,  among  whom  we  may  mention  the  following: 
Sam  Austin,  well-known  as  referee  and  timekeeper  at  most  of  the 
sporting  events  in  this  section;  Frank  P.  Murray,  Delaney,  Smith, 
Hatfield,  Tivey,  Adams,  McCausland,  Tobey,  Mason,  Brown,  Mc- 
Donald and  Knowles. 

New  features  are  constantly  being  introduced  by  the  club,  which 
thus  maintains  its  reputation  as  a  leader. 

The  latest  innovation  is  a  series  of  ladies'  days.  One  will  be 
given  each  month,  when  the  freedom  of  the  club  house  and  grounds 
will  be  given  the  guests  and  an  entertainment  provided.  The  latter 
will  be  given  in  the  large  meeting  room  at  the  top  of  the  house,  where 
a  stage  has  been  fitted  up,  and  there  is  seating  room  for  about  one 
thousand  persons.  The  apartment  was  originally  built  as  an  observa- 
tory tower  and  is  delightfully  cool. 

Vocal  and  instrumental  music  and  recitations  will  be  given  by 
professional  talent,  and  the  grounds  will  be  illuminated  by  electric 
light  and  Chinese  lanterns. 

There  are  any  number  of  "good  fellows"  in  the  club  but  none 
are  more  popular  than  Gilbert  H.  Badeau,  the  President,  and  Samuel 
C.  Austin,  the  Captain,  both  of  whom  deserve  the  distinction  con- 
ferred on  them  by  their  fellows.  "Jack"  McMasters,  the  trainer,  is 
thoroughly  identified  with  the  organization,  but  everybody  knows  Jack 
and  that  he  has  done  his  share  towards  conquering  success,  although 
he  was  at  first  decidedly  opposed  to  sleeping  in  the  "haunted" 
house. 

Following  are  the  officers  for  the  year  ending  Dec.,  1885: — 

PRESIDENT, 

G.  H.  BADEAU. 

VICE-PRESIDENT,  SECRETARY,  TREASURER, 

F.  FISHER.        WALTER  G.  HEGEMAN.      JOS.  G.  LIDDLE. 

CORRESPONDING    SECRETARY,  CAPTAIN, 

SAM  L  W.  SWEZEY.  FRANK  M.  PRICE. 

FIRST    LIEUTENANT  :  SECOND    LIEUTENANT  : 

SAM  L  C.  AUSTIN.  FRED.  E.  SNIDER. 


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Ha?e  "Recessei  Door  will  Bool  Case  Protector^ 


70  THE  WILLIAMSBURGH  ATHLETIC  CLUB. 

BOARD    OF   TRUSTEES  : 

G.  H.  BADEAU.  FRED.  FISHER. 

W.  G.  HEGEMAN.  JOS.  G.  LIDDLE. 

F.  M.  PRICE.  G.  McNAUGHTOX,  M.D. 

F.  E.  CLARK.  G.  R.  SMITH. 

E.  H.  TRECARTIN.  J.  A.  WORKS. 

FRANK  COLEMAN.  W.  C.  BRYANT. 

Among  the  prominent  American  athletes,  we  mention  the  name 
'of  F.  P.  Murray  as  one  of  the  Williamburgh  Athletic  Club's  many 
champions,  and  following  is  a  short  record  of  his  earlier  athletic 
days:  — 

"Frank  P.  Murray,  of  the  Williamsburgh  Athletic  Club,  the 
amateur  champion  of  America,  is  29  years  old,  5  feet  8j4  inches  in 
height,  and  weighs  140  pounds.  For  several  years  Murray  was  not 
very  prominent  in  athletic  circles,  and  it  was  not  until  1883  that  he 
assumed  the  position  he  now  holds.  In  that  year  the  walking  records 
were  absolutely  at  his  mercy.  His  record  for  one  mile  (6  minutes 
and  29  3-5  seconds),  made  at  the  fall  games  of  the  New  York  Athletic 
Club,  on  a  heavy  track  —  the  day  being  cold  and  damp  —  is  certainly 
his  finest  performance.  His  next  great  record  was  made  at  the  Man- 
hattan Athletic  Club  grounds  on  November  6,  1883.  Here  he  walked 
three  miles  against  time,  winning  in  the  wonderful  time  of  21  minutes 
and  9  1-5  seconds,  surpassing  the  record  of  21  minutes  and  42  2-5 
seconds,  made  by  T.  H.  Armstrong,  Jr.,  September  14,  1878,  and 
which  had  before  appeared  impregnable.  On  this  occasion  Murray 
also  equaled  his  own  best-on-record  time  for  two  miles  —  13  minutes 
and  59  seconds  —  and  could  have  gained  a  new  record  had  he  been 
informed  of  his  opportunity  in  time. 

"  That  Murray  in  England  —  '  the  home  of  athletes  '  —  showed  the 
fairest  and  fastest  walking  ever  seen  in  the  world  is  certain,  while  his 
many  friends  feel  confident  that  he,  in  time,  will  do  what  it  is  claimed 
is  impossible  —  namely,  walk  a  full  mile,  'square  heel  and  toe,'  in  6 
minutes  and  25  seconds." 

For  some  time  past  there  has  been  talk  that  all  was  not  well  in 
the  ranks  of  the  well-known  Williamsburgh  Athletic  Club. 

The  club  was  induced  to  remove  to  its  new  grounds  by  the 
growing  need  for  a  more  commodious  stand,  and  by  the  extremely 
good  offer  which  was  made  them  by  one  of  their  prominent  and 
wealthy  members.  This  gentleman  agreed  to  lease  the  old  Carhovan 
property,  fit  it  up  and  give  it  to  the  club  for  one-half  of  their  monthly 
initiation  fee  and  dues.  This  advantageous  offer  was  accepted,  and 
worked  very  well  for  a  time.  It  has  been  rumored  lately  that  the 
club  was  in  serious  financial  straits,  and  was  about  to  disorganize. 

Treasurer  J.  G.  Liddle  said  that  he  did  not  consider  the  trouble 


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THE    WILLIAMSBURGH  ATHLETIC  CLUB.  71 

in  the  club  serious.  The  club  will  be  reorganized  in  a  month  or  six 
weeks.  A  circular  will  probably  be  sent  to  each  member  at  an  early 
date  explaining  the  difficulties  and  calling  for  a  meeting.  One  thing 
that  has  always  made  more  or  less  trouble  in  the  Williamsburgh  Club 
ranks  since  the  removal  to  its  present  quarters  has  been  the  very  local 
name.  This  will  be  certain  to  receive  attention  at  the  coming  reor- 
ganization meeting,  and  the  club's  name  is  almost  sure  to  be  changed 
to  something  distinctively  Brooklyn.  If  it  were  possible,  the  club 
would  have  been  called  the  Brooklyn  Athletic  Club;  but  it  could  not 
do  that,  as  there  is  a  Brooklyn  Athletic  Club  in  existence  and  which 
owes  a  good  debt.  The  question  of  calling  the  new  organization  the 
Brooklyn  Athletic  Association  will,  with  other  suggestions,  be'  dis- 
cussed. 

All  the  trouble  has  been  made  by  a  lot  of  "kickers,"  who 
thought  that  the  gentleman  who  leased  the  place,  and  received  in  re- 
turn but  half  of  the  receipts  from  only  one  direction,  and  was,  so  to 
speak,  running  the  club  in  partnership  with  its  officers,  was  getting 
entirely  the  best  of  the  bargain.  The  "kickers"  thought  the  club 
ought  to  run  itself,  and  made  a  big  muss  at  the  time  of  the  January 
election.  They  were  badly  defeated,  and  a  ticket  on  which  were  the 
names  only  of  those  known  to  be  in  favor  of  continuing  the  old 
agreement  was  elected  by  an  overwhelming  majority.  The  "kickers" 
were  beaten  at  least  three  to  one,  and  for  the  time  being  utterly 
routed.  In  a  short  time,  however,  they  began  their  old  dissensions 
with  the  other  club  members,  and  succeeded  finally  in  creating  a  new 
sentiment,  and  on  April  ist  the  club  leased  the  entire  new  property, 
with  its  improvements,  and  gave  a  chattel  mortgage  on  their  own 
property,  the  furniture,  and  so  on. 

This  property  they  have  just  confessed  judgment  on,  and  gave  up 
their  possession  of  it  on  September  ist.  This  was  to  save  the  mort- 
gagee, who  is  the  gentleman  who  leased  the  property  for  the  club  in 
the  first  place,  from  taking  legal  steps.  This  gentleman  is  a  member, 
and  still  friendly  to  the  club,  so  that  nothing  will  be  done  to  injure 
it.  The  new  club  which  is  soon  to  be  formed  will  occupy  this  club- 
house and  grounds,  and  will  be  composed  principally  of  old  Wil- 
liamsburgh Athletic  Club  members.  The  old  agreement  will  cer- 
tainly be  entered  into  again.  It  was  an  entirely  false  idea  that  the 
gentleman  who  leased  the  club  grounds  for  the  club  was  getting  any- 
thing good  out  of  the  bargain.  All  that  he  received  over  the  rent  he 
devoted  to  purchasing  the  property,  and  as  he  is  a  man  of  means,  he 
would  not  have  allowed  the  club  to  lose  this  place,  no  matter  how 
low  our  receipts  had  fallen.  All  that  had  to  be  done  was  to  give  him 
half.  The  club  has  no  debts  that  it  cannot  pay,  and  still  has  700 
members  in  good  standing,  whose  $i  monthly  dues  are  as  certain  as 

"  FORGED  ANGLE  FRAME  "    S^f  & 


72  THE  WILLIAMSBURGH  ATHLETIC  CLUB. 

can  be,  but  a  certain  poor  class  of  counter-jumpers  were  inadvertently 
let  in.  You  know  it  is  very  hard  to  vote  against  a  prospective  mem- 
ber unless  there  is  something  absolutely  out  of  the  way  with  him. 
And  these  chaps,  after  paying  their  initiation  fee  and  perhaps  one 
month's  dues,  would  then  allow  themselves  to  be  "posted"  for  non- 
payment. All  the  trouble  is  not  with  the  poorer  men.  The  treasurer 
has  had  to  post  one  man  who  was  reputed  to  be  worth  $250,000, 
while  many  a  young  fellow  working  on  a  small  salary  lays  by  twenty- 
five  cents  a  week  to  pay  for  his  club  and  track  privileges.  The  pay- 
ing of  one  dollar  at  once  he  would  feel  sadly,  but  the  twenty-five  cents 
a  week  he  doesn't  mind.  Two  thousand  five  hundred  dollars  is  now 
due  from  recalcitrant  members,  and  if  fifty  per  cent,  of  this  sum  is  col- 
lected, Mr.  Liddle  says  he'll  be  -in  luck.  In  the  new  organization  the 
monthly  payments  will  be  changed  to  quarterly,  payable  in  advance, 
and  instead  of  allowing  one  month's  grace  to  poor  payers,  as  at  pres- 
ent, twenty  days'  leeway  only  will  be  given. 

Thus  passes  from  existence  a  friendly,  famous  and  renowned  or- 
ganization, well  known  to  every  athlete,  to  every  athletic  club  both 
here  and  abroad,  and  to  every  well-wisher  of  sports  in  general,  as  the 


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CLUB. 


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THE  MANHATTAN  ATHLETIC  CLUB.  75 


HISTORY    OF    THE 

Manhattan  Athletic  Club. 

NEW  YORK  CITY. 

This  foremost  athletic  organization  of  the  United  States  was  or- 
ganized in  the  year  1876  and  incorporated  in  1877  by  the  following 
gentlemen: — 

George  W.  Carr.  George  D.  Palmley. 

George  W.  Thomas.  William  C.  France. 

Samuel  B.  Pomeroy.  Harry  P.  Pike. 

Walter  H.  Griffin.  Edward  G.  Gurney. 

Robert  B.  Culbert.  John  Fraser. 

Jack  Goulding  was  the  first  trainer. 

When  first  started  the  number  of  its  members  was  twenty,  and 
none  of  its  athletes  were  prominent.  The  grounds  on  Eighth  ave- 
nue between  Fifty-sixth  and  Fifty-seventh  streets  were  leased,  and  a 
track  eight  laps  to  the  mile  laid  out,  which  at  that  time  was  consid- 
ered one  of,  if  not  the  fastest,  of  the  few  that  then  existed. 

The  club  was  very  successful  in  developing  athletes  and  not  long 
after  its  first  days  of  open  competition,  was  it  before  many  of  the  fast- 
est men  of  this  country  would  make  their  appearance  on  the  different 
cinder  paths  in  the  colors  of  the  M.  A.  C.  In  the  short  space  of  six 
years  it  has  risen  to  the  position  it  now  holds,  that  of  the  leading  ath- 
letic club  of  America,  while  its  name  and  the  record  of  its  members 
are  known  over  the  whole  world. 

During  the  year  1881,  '82  and  '83  the  Manhattan  Club,  at  the 
annual  Championship  Meeting,  won  the  championship  emblem,  thus 
demonstrating  its  right  to  the  title  of  the  leading  athletic  club  of 
America. 

It  also  holds  the  championship  up  to  this  date,  and  among  the 
50  or  60  athletes  out  of  its  100  odd  members,  there  are  about  25 
Champions  of  both  America  and  England. 

The  new  grounds,  consisting  of  the  block  extending  from  Eighth 
avenue  to  Ninth  avenue,  and  from  Eighty-sixth  street  to  Eighty-seventh 


FIRE  &  BURGLAR 


76  THE  MANHATTAN  ATHLETIC  CLUB. 

street,  was  taken  possession  of  in  June,  1883,  and  are  probably  the 
finest  in  the  world.  The  track  has  been  constructed  on  the  model  of 
that  of  the  London  Athletic  Club,  and  is  one-quarter  of  a  mile  in 
circuit.  In  addition  to  this  it  has  a  220  yards  stretch  on  the  side 
which  is  straightaway,  an  advantage  possessed  by  no  other  track  in 
America. 

The  center  of  the  ground  is  drained  by  the  most  approved  me- 
thods in  order  that  the  part  for  Baseball,  Football  and  Lacrosse  may 
be  kept  from  becoming  heavy  or  soggy.  The  Baseball  diamond  has 
been  especially  prepared,  having  been  constructed  under  the  supervi- 
sion of  a  prominent  player,  and  members  may  be  seen  any  day  play- 
ing upon  it. 

At  the  Ninth  avenue  end  of  the  grounds  two  sections  have  been 
reserved  for,  and  laid  out  with  fine  Lawn  Tennis  courts.  Of  these, 
one  section  will  be  completely  fenced  in  and  separated  from  the  rest 
of  the  grounds.  This  part,  which  will  contain  six  courts,  is  reserved 
solely  for  the  use  of  ladies  or  ladies  accompanied  by  gentlemen,  while 
access  to  same  will  be  through  a  separate  entrance  on  the  side.  The 
other  part  of  the  Tennis  grounds  is  not  separated  from  the  track,  and 
contains  six  courts  for  the  use  of  club  members. 

At  the  Eighth  avenue  end  of  the  grounds  is  theclub  house,  dressing 
rooms  and  grand  and  open  stands,  the  stands  having  seating  capacity 
for  3, 500  people,  roofed  over,  and  with  seats,  consisting  of  chairs,  ar- 
ranged in  the  latest  improved  manner.  The  dressing  rooms  are  very 
spacious,  and  contain  200  lockers.  The  bath  rooms  are  stationery, 
with  shower  and  needle  baths  attached. 

Besides  the  officers'  and  executive  room  there  is  a  club  room, 
a  reading  room  and  a  billiard  room.  The  club  also  retained  posses - 
ion  of  the  grounds  at  Eighth  avenue  and  Fifty-sixth  street  until  this 
season,  when  the  lease  expired,  and  the  ground  was  taken  for  build- 
ing purposes.  A  gymnasium  is  now  spoken  of  with  great  interest, 
and  will  be  erected  on  the  club  grounds  or  in  a  more  central  location. 
During  the  winter  months  the  grounds  inside  the  track  are  flooded 
for  skating,  while  the  admission  for  members  is  free,  the  club  having 
found  this  a  very  paying  scheme  at  the  old  grounds,  which  saw  night 
after  night  crowded  beyond  anticipation,  but  the  new  grounds  afford 
ample  room  for  all,  and  the  pleasures  derived  at  both  the  club  house 
and  rink  are  far  beyond  the  ideas  of  one  who  has  never  been  there. 

It  was  not  until  1878  that  the  club  won  a  championship  event, 
and  this  year  Thomas  H.  Smith  crossed  the  finish  line  a  winner  and 
Champion  i-mile  runner,  covering  the  distance  in  5  min.  51^  sec. 

This  made  the  boys  work  harder  for  the  year  following,  and  L. 
E.  Myer£,  the  now  world-renowned  champion  flyer,  having  started  in 


Marvin  Safe  Co. 


NEW   YORK,    PHILADELPHIA 
AND    LONDON. 


THE  MANHATTAN  ATHLETIC  CLUB  77 

his  athletic  career,  became  known  to  the  older  athletes  of  New  York. 

At  the  second  or  third  meeting  in  which  Myers  ran,  the  veteran 
John  Fraser  noted  his  style  of  running,  picked  him  out  as  a  runner, 
took  him  to  his  house,  trained  and  posted  him  from  time  to  time, 
and  in  1879,  at  the  championship  meeting,  he  won  the  220,  440  and 
880  yard  runs  with  ease,  time  being  23  3.8,  52  2-5  and  2.01  2-5  re- 
spectively. 

L.  E.  Myers  was  born  in  Richmond,  Va.,  February  i6th,  1858 
is  therefore  27  years  old,  and  weighs  in  condition  about  115  pounds. 
From  his  early  childhood,  he  was  quite-noted  for  excellence  at  outdoor 
sports,  and  was  considered  at  one  time  a  very  promising  base-ball 
player.  He  made  his  debut  upon  the  cinder  path  at  the  games  of 
the  New  York  Athletic  Club,  on  Election  day,  November  7th,  1878. 
From  the  18  yards  mark,  won  the  quarter  mile  handicap  quite  easily  in 
55  sec.  At  the  games  of  the  same  club  held  at  Gilmore's  Garden  in 
the  winter  of  'jS-'jy,  he  finished  second  in  both  the  220  yards  and 
440  yards  handicap,  being  beaten  in  both  races  by  men  to  whom  he 
was  conceding  long  starts.  The  first  sensation  created  by  him  was  his 
winning  the  scratch  half  in  2  min.  10%  sec.,  from  a  large  field  of 
"  cracks"  at  the  games  given  by  the  Scottish  American  Athletic  Club, 
at  Gilmore's  Garden,  March  i,  1879.  In  this  race  he  did  not  part 
company  with  the  field  until  the  last  lap,  and  then  won  by  50  yards. 
At  the  games  of  the  Jersey  City  Athletic  Club,  held  in  May  at  the 
West  Side  Driving  Park,  won  the  half  mile  handicap  easily  from 
scratch  in  2  min.  8^  sec.  His  first  race  of  very  great  importance 
was  when  he  faced  the  then  almost  invincible  Ed.  Merritt,  in  the' 
scratch  quarter  at  the  games  of  the  Staten  Island  Athletic  Club,  the 
same  spring,  and  to  the  surprise  of  the  knowing  ones  ran  away  from 
Merritt  in  the  last  hundred  yards,  and  won  with  something  to  spare,  in 
54  sec.  Merritt  however,  made  matters  even  by  turning  the  tables  on 
Myers  the  following  Monday,  Decoration  Day,  when  he  defeated 
Myers  by  two  yards  in  53^  seconds.  Myers,  however,  was  very  un- 
well, and  started  against  the  advice  of  his  friends  to  beat  the  record, 
which  was  then  52  1-5  sec.  After  running  away  from  his  field  for 
the  first  three  hundred  yards  he  went  to  pieces,  and  was  beaten  in  the 
last  fifty  yards.  He  soon  redeemed  himself  however,  and  from  that 
time  to  the  present  date  has  had  things  generally  his  own  way  in  all 
scratch  events,  having  only  suffered  defeat  twice  since  in  a  run  of  that 
nature,  and  then  his  defeat  can  be  attributed  to  over-confidence  more 
than  to  lack  of  ability.  No  less  than  nine  times  has  he  broken  fifty 
seconds  for  the  quarter,  and  for  the  half  he  has  done  i  min.  55  3-5 
sec. ;  twice,  i  min.  56  sec. ;  twice,  i  min.  56^(3  sec.,  and  many  times  has 
won  in  or  about  2  minutes  easily.  In  the  spring  of  1881  he  sailed 
for  England,  and  returned  home  in  August  of  the  same  year  after  hav- 

MURYIN'S    "TDNGTJlTV  GRQQYE" 


78  THE  MANHATTAN  ATHLETIC  CLUB. 

ing  broken  the  English  record  at  the  quarter  three  separate  times,  and 
altered  the  English  half-mile  record  from  i  min.  57^  sec.  to  i  min. 
56  sec.,  and  doing  it  so  easily  that  the  best  of  English  judges  declared 
him  able  to  do  near  i  min.  50  sec.  for  this  distance.  His  quarter 
mile  record  48  3-5  sec.  made  at  the  English  Championships  in  1881, 
is  not  only  the  best  Amateur,  but  the  best  record  either  Amateur  or 
Professional,  ever  made  on  a  properly  surveyed  track.  Mr.  Myers,  up 
to  1882,  won  twenty-four  championships,  15  of  America,  8  of  Canada, 
and  one  of  England,  and  holds  the  following  records: — 

50  yards,   5^  seconds. 

100      "     10  500  yards,  58  seconds, 

1 20      "     12  600       •'  i  m.    ii  2-5  seconds, 

200      "     2oj^       "  660      "  i  m.   22 

220         "       22^          '•  7OO         "          I   m.     31  " 

250  "  26  800       "       i  m.   44  2-5 

300  "  31  "  880      "       i  m.   55  2-5 

35°  "  364-5    "  1000      "       2  m.    13       sec.  American. 

400  "  43^4      "  1000       "       2m.    14  1-5  "    English. 

440  "  48  3-5  "  Eng.  1320      "       3  m.    13 

440  "  48^     "  Amer.  i  mile,  4  m.  27  3-5  " 

In  1880,  at  the  Championship  Meeting,  he  carried  off  the  prizes 
for  loo,  220,  440  and  880  yard  runs,  making  extra  fast  time  in  every 
race  (see  records),  while  three  days  later  he  won  the  same  four  events 
at  the  Canadian  Championship  Meeting.thus  winning  8  championships 
in  one  year — a  feat  never  accomplished  by  any  other  athlete. 

So  it  was  in  1880  that  L.  E.  Meyers  began  to  do  such  fast  run- 
ning. He  was  now  known  to  be  the  best  runner  in  the  country,  and 
he  began  to  break  records  right  and  left,  not  stopping  at  seemingly 
any  figures.  His  athletic  career  has  been  distinguished  by  a  series  of 
victories  and  breaking  of  records,  such  as  have  not  been  credited  to 
any  athlete,  either  living  or  dead,  for  in  the  few  years  of  his  active 
athletic  life  he  has  broken  every  American  record  from  100  yards  to 
one  mile,  has  beaten  all  English  and  American  athletes  at  his  favorite 
distances,  and  has  lowered  the  records  for  the  ^  mile,  six  hundred 
yards,  one  half-mile  and  one  thousand  yards  runs  to  a  point  not  at- 
tainable by  any  living  athlete,  either  here  or  abroad,  and  to  reach 
which,  the  athletes  of  years  to  come,  will  probably  unsuccessfully 
struggle.  His  success  has  been  truly  phenomenal,  while  no  athlete 
in  the  world  has  more  friends  nor  true  admirers  than  this  young,  work- 
renowned  Champion  runner.  He  has  made  three  trips  to  Europe 
altogether,  met  the  best  and  the  fastest  runners  of  our  mother  athletic 
country  (England),  and  has  not  only  beaten  them  all  at  favorite  dis- 
tances, but  has  also  left  them  records  far  better  than  what  they  ever 
thought  for.  He  has  won  over  300  prizes,  consisting  of  medals,  cups, 


THE  MANHATTAN  ATHLETIC  CLUB.  79 

watches,  jewelry,  canes,  silver  stands  and  athletic  uniforms,  and 
although  he  at  first  belonged  to  the  Knickerbocker  Yacht  Club,  with 
the  exception  of  4  or  5  races,  he  has  carried  the  Manhattan  colors 
through  his  many  battles  on  the  cinder  path. 

In  1880  at  the  Championship  Meeting,  Harry  Fredricks  won  the 
one  mile  run  in  4.39  3-5.  J.  S.  Voorhees  the  broad  jump,  and  L.  H. 
Johnson  the  two  mile  bicycle  race. 

Mr.  George  H.  Carr,  President  of  the  Club,  has  held  this  honor- 
able position  from  the  start,  and  too  much  credit  cannot  be  given  him 
for  the  successful  manner  in  which  he  has  conducted  both  the  club 
and  its  athletes  to  fame  and  prosperity. 

Among  some  of  the  most  prominent  athletes  of  this  club  may  be 
mentioned  the  names  of: — 


L.    E.   Meyers, 

T.   J.   Murphy, 

Wm.   McEwen, 

Harry  Pike, 

S.  Derickson, 

Harry  Fredricks, 

A.  G.  Waldron, 

L.  P.  Smith, 

T.  H.  Smith, 

J.  S.  Voorhees, 

W.  Storm, 

C.  S.  Busse, 

D.  J.  Tompkins, 

F.  S.  Lambrecht, 

C.  L.  Meyers, 

W.  C.  White, 

F.  G.  Abbott, 

O.  Bodelsen, 

T.  H.  Burton, 

W.  McNichol, 

R.  A.  Knight, 

G.  C.  Walton, 

L.  A.  Stuart, 

W.  T.  Stoddard, 

C.  E.  Schuyler, 

H.  M.  Stone, 

J.  M.  Young, 

J.  Magee, 

A.  J.  Camacha, 

J.  B.  White, 

C.  L.  Jacquelin, 

J.  D.  Freeman, 

E.  W.  Brown, 

Wm.  H.  Purdy, 

W.  O'Keefe, 

A.  T.  Moore, 

L.  H.  Johnson, 

E.  McCaffrey, 

W.  H.  Griffin, 

J.  T.  Graham, 

E.  D.  Jesurun, 

C.  J.  Cornell, 

W.  T.  Bailey. 

The  officers  from  year  to  year  have  been  as  follows: — 


VICE-PRESIDENT, 

W.  C.  FRANCE.  JB. 


FIRST    LIEUTENANT, 

W.  H.  GRIFFIN, 


1877-'78. 

PRESIDENT, 

GEO.  W.  CARR. 

SECRETARY, 

GEO.  D.  PARMLY, 

CAPTAIN. 

JOHN  FRAZER. 


TREASURER, 

R.  B.  CULBERT. 


SECOND    LIEUTENANT, 

E.  G.  GURNET. 


TRUSTEES, 

S  B.  POMEROY,  HARRY  P.  PIKE, 

GEO.  W.  THOMAS. 


THE  MANHATTAN  ATHLETIC  CLUB. 


11879, 

PRESIDENT, 

GEO.  W.  CARR. 


VICE-PRESIDENT, 

GEO.  W.  THOMAS. 


FIRST    LIEUTENANT, 

W.  H.  GRIFFIN. 


TREASURER, 

WM.  J.  MoEWEN. 


CAPTAIN, 

HARRY  P.  PIKE. 


SECRETARY, 

R.  B.  CULBERT. 


SECOND    LIEUTENANT, 

JAS.  D.  FREEMAN. 


TRUSTEES, 

S.  B.  POMEROY,  W.  C.  FRANCE,  JB., 

O.  J.  CONKLLN. 


VICE-PRESIDENT, 

GEO.  W.  THOMAS. 


FIRST  LIEUTENANT, 

W.  H.  GRIFFIN. 


PRESIDENT. 

GEO.  W.  CARR. 


SECRETARY, 

WM.  J.  MoEWEN. 


CAPTAIN, 

HARRY  P.  PIKE. 


TREASURER 

R.  B.  CDLBERT. 


SECOND  LIEUTENANT, 

H.  BIRRELL. 


TRUSTEES, 

S.  B.  POMEROY,  W.  C.  FRANCE,  JR.  , 

GEO.  C.  BOWERS. 


1881. 


VICE-PRESIDENT, 

GEO.  W.  THOMAS. 


PRESIDENT, 

GEO.  W.  CARR. 

SECRETARY, 

W.  NEWBROUGH. 


TREASURER, 

S.  B.  POMEROY. 


FIRST  LIEUTENANT, 

T.  A.  MoEWEN. 


G.  A.  AVERY, 


CAPTAIN, 

HARRY  P.  PIKE. 


TRUSTEES, 

J.  MAGEE. 


SECOND  LIEUTENANT, 

J.  D.  FREEMAN. 


GEO.  C.  BOWERS, 


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81 


VICE-PRESIDENT, 

G.  W.  THOMAS. 


FIRST  LIEUTENANT, 

G.  M.  L.  SACKS. 


G.  A.  AVERY, 


1882. 

PRESIDENT, 

GEO.  W.  CARR. 

SECRETARY, 

F.  J.  GRAHAM. 

CAPTAIN, 

C.  J.  CONNELL. 


TRUSTEES, 

JAS.  MAGEE. 


TREASURER, 

S.  B.  POMEROY. 


SECOND  LIEUTENANT, 

W.  H.  PURDY. 


C.  E.  TROTTER, 


VICE-PRESIDENT, 

GEO.  W.  THOMAS. 


FIRST  LIEUTENANT, 

P.  ST.  G.  BISSELL. 


1883. 

PRESIDENT, 

GEO.  W.  CARR. 

SECRETARY, 

L.  E.  MYERS. 

CAPTAIN, 

CHAB.  J.  CONNELL. 


TREASURER, 

G.  M.  L.  SACKS. 


SECOND  LIEUTENANT, 

WALTON  STORM. 


TRUSTEES, 

GEO.  A.  AVERY,  H.  W.  BERLIN, 

CHAS.  E.  TROTTER. 


1884. 


VICE-PRESIDENT, 

CHAS.  E.  TROTTER. 

PRESIDENT, 

GEO.  W.  CARR. 

SECRETARY, 

L.  E.  MYERS. 

TREASURER, 

WALTON  STORM. 

CAPTAIN, 

SAMUEL  J.  CORNELL. 


FIRST    LIEUTENANT, 

GEO.  F.  KNUBEL. 
GEO.  A.  AVERY, 


TRUSTEES, 


CHAS.  W.  MINOR. 


SECOND  LIEUTENANT, 

WM.  R.  BEERS. 


JAMES  MAGEE, 


THE  MANHATTAN  ATHLETIC  CLUB. 
1885. 


VICE-PRESIDENT, 

C.  E.  TROTTER. 


FIRST  LIEUTENANT, 

J.  W.  M^GEE. 
GEO.  A.  AVERT, 


PRESIDENT, 

GEO.  W.  CARR. 

TREASURER, 

L.  P.  SMITH. 

CAPTAIN, 

L.  A.  STUART. 


TRUSTEES, 

C.  C.  HUGHS. 


SECRETARY, 

WALTON  STORM. 


SECOND  LIEUTENANT, 

S.  8.  SCHUYLER. 
E.  S.  APPLEBY, 


Harry  Frdericks,  the  amateur  champion  mile  runner  of  America 
or  several  years,  is  22  years  old,  5  feet  4  inches  in  height,  and  weighs 
123  Ibs.  For  the  past  five  years  he  has  won  the  mile  race  at  the 
championship  meeting,  never  having  been  pushed.  His  best  record 
is  4  minutes  32  3-5  seconds  ;  but  what  he  could  do  if  he  were  com- 
pelled to  run  out  is  unknown.  His  friends  only  know  that  in  prac- 
tice for  special  races  he  has  beaten  the  best  American  record. 

-  Arthur  Waldron,  the  amateur  champion  one  hundred  yard  run- 
ner of  America,  is  22  years  old,  5  feet  7  inches  in  height,  and  weighs 
118  Ibs.  For  two  years  he  won  the  100  yards  race  at  the  champion 
meeting.  His  race  at  the  meeting  in  1883,  when  he  beat  Brooks, 
showed  him  to.  be  the  equal,  if  not  the  superior,  of  any  sprinter  in 
America.  With  heavy  odds  in  Brooks'  favor,  Waldron  won  in  10^ 
seconds.  Of  this  race,  the  Spirit  of  the  Times  saying:  "The  wind 
blew  freshly  in  ths  faces  of  "the  runners,  and  the  performance  was 
really  as  meritorious  as  several  of  our  10  second  records." 

This  club  may  well  be  called  the  finest  athletic  organization  in 
America,  for  surely  the  Manhattan  colors  are  seen  at  every  meeting 
of  any  importance,  and  the  many  young  champion  athletes  are  always 
striving  for  their  club's  success  on  the  cinder  path,  whether  at  home 
or  abroad,  and  they  seldom  leave  for  home  without  taking  with  them 
a  good  share  of  the  prizes. 

The  club  colors  are  white  and  with  a  red  diamond  lapping  at  the 
ends. 

The  proposed  gymnasium  mentioned  in  connection  with  this 
club  has  now  taken  the  form  of  a  club  house,  and  an  agreement  has 
been  made  with  the  Manhattan  Club  Building  Association,  a  com- 
pany incorporated  by  Mr.  Wm.  J.  Swan,  to  lease  for  a  term  of  21 
years  a  spacious  and  commodious  club-house  which  is  to  be  erected 
on  the  corner  of  Madison  Avenue  and  59th  Street.  Work  on  the 
structure  will  be  commenced  at  once  and  pushed  with  all  possible 
haste  to  completion.  The  edifice  will  be  an  imposing  one,  and  is  to 


THE  MANHATTAN  ATHLETIC  CLUB.  83 

cost  over  $200,000.     When  furnished   it  will    be  the   best  equipped 
athletic  establishment  in  the  world. 

This  club  house  will  be  three  full  stories  in  height,  with  an  eleva- 
tion of  70  feet,  and  will  be  built  of  brick  and  terra  cotta,  the  plans 
and  specifications  being  already  perfected. 

The  basement  floor  will  contain  a  magnificent  bowling  room, 
with  eight  full  sized  alleys.  Adjoining  this  will  be  the  swimming  bath, 
the  dimensions  of  which  will  be  70x20  (with  a  spring  board  plunge  of 
15  feet),  the  Russian  baths,  and  dressing  and  lounging  rooms.  The 
cafe  and  barber  shop  will  also  be  on  this  floor. 

The  entrance  to  the  club-house  will  be  on  the  corner  of  Madison 
avenue  and  Fifty-ninth  street,  and  on  entering,  after  passing  the  club 
offices  and  coat  room,  one  comes  to  the  parlor,  a  magnificent  room 
fifty  feet  square,  divided  in  the  centre  by  columns.  The  parlor  faces 
on  Madison  avenue,  and  the  windows  are  but  five  feet  above  the  side- 
walk.- The  rest  of  the  floor  is  occupied  by  the  restaurant,  25x75, 
the  library,  smoking  room,  and  directors'  room. 

On  the  second  floor  will  be  a  beautiful  concert  room,  with  stage, 
and  all  modern  conveniences  for  private  theatricals.  The  floor  will 
be  finished  so  that  it  can  be  used  for  dancing  and  also  for  tennis,  and 
ample  space  has  been  set  apart  for  dressing  rooms,  etc.  The  billiard 
room  will  be  25x70,  and  will  contain  six  billiard  and  two  pool  tables. 

The  third  floor  will  be  occupied  entirely  by  the  gymnasium,  the 
floor  of  which  will  be  60x90  in  the  clear.  The  ceiling  will  be  twen- 
ty-one feet  high,  with  a  sliding  skylight  20x50 ;  this  will  give  perfect 
light  and  ventilation  at  all  times.  On  the  gymnasium  floor  will  also 
be  the  dressing  rooms  and  lockers,  and  also  a  plunge  and  a  vapor 
bath,  with  toilets,  etc.  Twelve  feet  above  the  gymnasium  floor  will 
b»  the  running  track.  This,  instead  of  being  the  ordinary  gymnasium 
track,  will  be  a  cinder  track,  so  that  athletes  may  enjoy  all  the  bene- 
fits of  out-door  training.  The  track  will  be  eighteen  laps  to  the 
mile. 

On  the  level  with  the  track  will  be  dressing  rooms,  lockers,  a 
padded  boxing  room,  25x25,  a  fencing  room,  shower  baths,  toilets, 
etc.  An  Otis  elevator  will  run  from  the  basement  to  the  running  track 
floor.  The  building  will  be  as  near  fire-proof  as  possible  ;  the  stair- 
cases, of  which  there  will  be  three,  being  absolutely  fire-proof.  The 
building  will  be  lighted  by  electricity  and  also  by  gas. 

The  charge  for  billiards,  bowling,  etc.,  will  be  nominal;  less  than 
half  the  usual  cost. 

The  club  will  retain  its  athletic  track  at  Eighty-sixth  street  and 
Eighth  avenue,  which  will  be  improved  so  as  to  favorably  compete 
with  any  athletic  grounds  in  the  world,  and  it  is  the  intention  of  the 
club  to  procure  a  plot  of  land  on  the  Harlem  river,  and  erect  thereon 
a  boat  house,  which  will  be  equipped  in  the  most  perfect  manner. 

The  club  house  is  to  be  completed  October  i,  1886. 


THE    BENEFITS    OF    ROWING. 


Rowing  is  admitted  by  all  authorities  to  be  the  most  beneficial  of  exercises,  because  it  calls  into  play 
every  muscle  m  the  body  and  gives  to  each  one  a  full  and  equal  share  of  work.  Five  minutes  of  brisk  row- 
ing will  produce  a  rapid  circulation  of  the  blood,  free  perspiration,  cause  the  lungs  at  each  inspiration  to  fill 
themselves  to  their  full  capacity,  and  thus  enlarge  the  chest  and  vitalize  the  blood,  without  unduly  straining 
any  of  the  muscles.  This  condition  of  the  body  cannot  be  obtained  from  any  other  form  of  exercise  in  the 
same  time  without  making  one  set  of  muscles  do  all  the  work,  and  so  seriously  laming  them 

Rowing,  therefore,  is  an  excellent  substitute  for  the  gymnasium. 

If  ladies  would  devote  a  small  portion  of  each  day  to  this  exercise,  they  would  soon  secure  that  freshness 
of  complexion  and  roundness  of  limb,  so  indicative  of  perfect  digestion  and  circulation;  and  "  nervousness  " 
would  be  unknown,  except  as  a  memory  of  the  past. 

I  am  now  enabled  to  offer  to  my  patrons  and  customers  "A  Perfect  Parlor  Rowing  Apparatus  " 
After  spending  thousands  of  dollars,  and  years  in  experiments,  with  the  combined  help  of  the  best  mechani- 
ical [engineering  talent  I  have  produced  a  perfect  and  simple  device  which  will  not  break  or  get  out  of  order, 
as  has  been  the  trouble  in  my  former  and  all  other  apparatuses.  In  my  improved  machine  there  are  no 
springs,  as  the  pressure  is  regulated  exclusively  by  friction  and  can  be  varied  by  an  adjusting  thumbscrew  by 
the  will  .of  the  opeator.  The  clutching  or  gripping  device  is  simple  and  positive  in  its  movements,  to  which 
the  oar  is  attached,  and  allows  the  operators  to  rest  their  hands  upon  the  oars  and  feathering  same  when 
coming  back,  in  the  same  manner  as  ordinary  rowing.  As  each  oar  is  provided  with  an  independent  fric- 
tion the  operator  can  let  either  oar  rest  and  apply  both  hands  to  one  oar  and  pick  up  the  other  at  any  time 
a£am-  t.-  l  nave  so  arranged  the  machine,  that  by  changing  the  outrigger  and  oars  about  on  the  frame, 
the  pushing  ot  the  oars  may  be  practiced  similar  to  the  style  of  the  Norweigan  sailor,  which  is  the  best  exer- 
cise for  developing  the  mnscles  of  the  back  and  stomach.  To  insure  the  confidence  I  have  in  my  machine  I 
will  warrant  it 

*  J$ac^-  ma.cnine  is  provided  with  a  counter  or  indicator,  which  is  so  graduated  that  one  revolution 
ot  the  dial  is  equivalent  to  one  quarter  of  a  mile  as  calculated  from  Hanlon's  time  at  the  thirty-two 
strokes  per  minute,  which  will  be  found  of  great  benefit  in  regulating  the  time  spent  in  this  exercise  espe- 
cially in  boating  clubs,  training  schools  and  gymnasiums,  where  racing  can  be  done  at  seasons  when  it  can- 
not be  tried  on  the  water 

Send  stamp  for  book  on  Physical  Culture  to 

J.    M.    LAFLIN, 
Price   SIO.OO.  2OO    Broadway,    New    York. 


HINTS  ON  EXERCISING.  85 

HINTS    ON    EXERCISING. 

Every  year,  for  the  past  ten  or  twenty  years,  athletics  have  taken 
a  strong  hold  on  the  minds  of  all  the  young  and  many  of  the  old  of 
both  sexes.  The  first  athletic  clubs  were  made  up  of  young  men 
who,  for  the  most  part,  excelled  in  some  exercise  or  other,  or  of  those 
who,  being  confined  most  of  the  time  by  business  cares,  wished 
merely  for  a  little  relaxation. 

These  clubs  could  not,  of  course,  afford  elegant  or  costly  club- 
houses for  members  who  only  joined  them  to  display  their  athletic  ac- 
complishments or  to  be  able  to  spend  a  few  of  their  leisure  evenings 
in  a  sort  of  semi-barbarous  condition  in  the  freedom  of  a  free-and- 
easy  gymnasium.  As  the  interest  in  physical  training  and  muscular 
development  became  more  general,  and  ladies  began  to  encourage 
the  amateur  meetings  by  their  presence,  the  niceties  soon  came  to  be 
more  closely  looked  after,  and  the  houses  and  grounds  of  the  clubs 
which  made  a  specialty  of  athletics  were  improved,  till  at  the  present 
time  the  palatial  homes  of  some  of  ,the  principal  athletic  clubs  in  this 
country  and  in  England  are  second  to  none  in  the  luxury  and  elegance 
of  their  appointments. 

There  are  now  thousands  of  young  men  in  this  city  alone  who, 
too  much  lacking  in  confidence  in  their  own  powers,  are,  instead  of 
joining  one  of  the  athletic  clubs,  by  spasmodic  and  often  ill-judged 
attempts  at  exercising  at  home,  doing  themselves  more  harm  than 
good.  It  is  to  this  class  far  more  than  to  any  other  that  a  writer  on 
athletics  should  endeavor  to  reach. 

Young  men  belonging  to  athletic  clubs  have  little  need  of  being- 
urged  to  properly  exercise  themselves.  As  quickly  as  their  feet  touch 
the  track  of  the  club  they  have  just  joined,  the  eyes  of  the  trackmaster 
and  half  the  members  of  the  club  are  bent  upon  them,  to  try  and  dis- 
cover any  symptom  of  their  being  embryo  amateur  champions;  and  if 
such  signs  are  seen,  all  possible  efforts  are  used  to  induce  the  stranger 
to  develop  himself  in  the  particular  direction  he  seems  inclined  to, 
with  the  hope  that  in  time  the  club  may  shine  with  reflected  honor 
from  his  well-won  glory. 

It  is  to  the  young  men  whose  inability,  either  through  tightness 
of  purse  or  lack  of  time,  cannot  join  the  clubs,  that  instruction 
should  be  given.  In  the  first  place,  a  very  moderate  amount  of  exer- 
cise of  the  proper  kind,  and  taken  at  suitable  times,  will  in  a  very 
reasonable  period  produce  a  good  appetite,  a  better  digestion,  sound 
sleep,  greater  strength,  first-class  health,  and  a  much  clearer  and 
stronger  business  mind,  with  more  moral  perceptions.  This  state- 
ment does  not  now  need  proof,  although  it  took  a  many  years'  battle 
to  establish  it  as  thoroughly  as  it  now  is  in  most  minds.  All  that  is 
asked  of  any  unbeliever  is  a  fair  trial. 


86  HINTS  ON  EXERCISING. 

It  is  not  necessary  for  one  who  desires  to  reap  the  advantage  of 
physical  training  to  go  to  the  expense  and  trouble  that  some  lovers  of 
exercise  do.  The  poorest  person,  even  if  his  livelihood  is  gained  en- 
tirely by  a  sedentary  occupation,  can,  if  he  knows  how,  by  ten  min- 
utes' work  alone  in  his  sleeping-room  every  night  and  morning,  gain 
a  great  deal  more  than  could  possibly  be  expected.  If  one  can  afford 
it,  a  few  fixtures  which  will  not  cost  much  had  better  be  purchased. 
A  rowing-machine  and  punching-bag  are  the  best  and  least  expensive 
contrivances,  and  the  things  with  which  the  most  can  be  done.  They 
will  cost  less  than  twenty  dollars  set  up  ready  to  handle  ;  they  can  be 
bought  of  any  of  the  big  athletic  goods  houses  (see  Laflin's  advertise- 
ment), and  the  list  might  be  greatly  extended.  The  rowing- machine 
is  a  gymnasium  in  itself,  if  a  good  one,  and  what  exercise  the  rowing- 
machine  does  not  permit  he  may  get  without  fail  from  the  punching- 
bag  and  the  bar  from  which  it  hangs. 

The  best  or  most  convenient  seasons  for  exercise  will  be,  for  most 
people,  on  rising  and  retiring.  The  exercising  should  be  done  with 
the  athlete  in  as  little  clothing  as  possible,  in  order  to  give  perfect 
freedom  for  all  the  movements  and  a  good  chance  for  a  sort  of  air- 
bath,  which  most  people  find  very  beneficial.  The  movements  should 
be  quick  and  decided,  but  heavy  weights  should  be  most  decidedly 
barred.  More  persons  have  been  injured  by  lifting  heavy  weights 
than  have  ever  been  benefitted  by  them.  Ten  or  fifteen  minutes'  ex- 
ercise with  light  weights,  the  rowing-machine  and  the  punching-bag, 
will  cause  the  perspiration  to  pour  from  all  parts  of  the  body  in  almost 
any  sort  of  weather.  As  soon  as  the  exercise  is  ended,  a  bath-towel 
should  be  used  to  wipe  dry ;  then  a  cold  plunge,  shower  or  sponge- 
bath  should  be  indulged  in.  This  is  very  important,  especially  in  the 
summer  time,  and  should  never  be  neglected.  In  warm  weather  the 
body  should  only  be  wiped  dry — not  rubbed  dry,  as  in  cold  weather, 
as  rubbing  promotes  the  circulation  and  causes  a  sensation  of  warmth. 
The  exercise  should  be  rapid  and  vigorous,  but  not  sufficiently  so  as 
to  compel  one  to  stop  becamse  of  lack  of  breath.  The  exercise 
should  be  kept  up  always  for  a  little  time  after  the  muscles  fairly  ache. 
The  muscles  ache  because  of  the  blood  being  forced  into  them  to  en- 
able them  to  meet  the  demands  being  made  upon  them.  This  excess 
of  blood  causes  them  to  swell  and  make  them  ache.  It  is  a  law  of 
nature  always  to  try  to  make  up  for  deficiencies,  and  if  constant  calls 
are  made  upon  the  muscles  to  do  more  work  than  they  have  been  ac- 
customed to  perform,  they  soon  swell  and  increase  in  size  and  strength 
to  accomplish  what  is  asked  of  them.  Physiology  teaches  that  a 
muscle  which  has  been  thus  swelled  by  exercise  returns  to  its  natural 
state  in  about  three  days.  This  is  also  known  because  one  is  always 
more  or  less  lame  for  about  three  days  after  some  unusual  muscular 
feat.  It  is  easily  seen,  therefore,  that  to  develop  the  muscles  mark- 
edly, one  must  exercise  enough  to  get  them  quite  tired  at  least  once 
in  thrw  days. 


DIGESTIBILITY  OF  FOOD. 


87 


TABLE 

Showing  the  Digestibility  of  the  Most 
of  Food, 


Common  Articles 


Beef  
Beefsteak  

Corned  Beef.  
Mutton.  . 

Roasted  .  . 
Broiled  .  . 
Fried  .  . 
Boiled  .  . 

.  .3.00 
.  .3.00 
.  .4.00 
•  -4-15 

Lamb  .  .  . 

T)      'l-J 

3-r5 

Pork  
Sausage  

Roasted  .  . 
'.  .Fried 

Frier) 

•    2-3° 
•5-15 
4.15 

Sucking  Pig  
Pigs'  Feet  
Veal,  

Roasted.  . 
Soused.  . 

Bnilf»H 

.2.30 

.  .  (.00 

Venison  Steak  
Chicken  
Fowls  
Ducks  

Broiled  .  . 
•  -  .  Fricaseed.  . 
Roasted  .  . 

••'•35 
•-3-45 
.  .4,00 

Eggs  . 

Roasted  .  . 
Hard  Bnilpd 

..2.30 

Oysters  

Soft  Boiled  .  . 
Raw.  . 
Stewed 

•  -3-3° 
.  .  3.  oo 

..2.55 

Milk.  .•  

•  Ju 

Trout  or  Salmon 

Boiled 

•  ;.*'*.  3 

Tripe 

Fried 

.  .  1.45 

Striped  Bass  
Soup,  Barley  
"     Beef   and  Vegetables  

Boiled.. 

.  .  i.^u 

..3.00 
..I.30 

.4.00 

"     Chicken  
Potatoes  
String  Beans  
Succotash  :  , 
Beets  
Cabbage  
Carrots  
Parsnips 

Boiled.  . 
Boiled.  . 
Boiled    . 
Boiled.  . 
Boiled.  . 
Boiled  .  . 
Boiled  . 

.  .3  oo 

••3.30 
.  .2.30 

•  -3-45 
•••3-45 
•  -4.30 
•   3-'5 

2.  7O 

Rice 

Boiled 

Turnips  '. 
Wheat  Bread  
Corn          "     
Cheese  
Apple  Dumplings  
Oatmeal  

Boiled.. 

Old  .  . 
Boiled 

••3-30 
3-30 

•   3-T5 
••3-30 
3.00 
3-30 

DEFINITION  AMATEUR  OARSMAN. 


AMATEUR  OARSMAN  DEFINITIONS. 


AN    AMATEUR 

As    DEFINED    BY   THE    NATIONAL    ASSOCIATION    OF    AMATEUR    OARSMEN. 

We  define  an  amateur  to  be — "One  who  does  not  enter  in  an 
open  competition;  or  for  either  a  stake,  public  or  admission  money, 
or  entrance  fee  ;  or  compete  with  or  against  a  professional  for  any 
prize  ;  who  has  never  taught,  pursued,  or  assisted  in  the  pursuit  o 
athletic  exercises  as  a  means  of  livelihood  ;  whose  membership  of  any 
rowing  or  other  athletic  club  was  not  brought  about,  or  does  not  con- 
tinue, because  of  any  mutual  agreement  or  understanding,  expressed 
or  implied,  whereby  his  becoming  or  continuing  a  member  of  such 
club  would  be  of  any  pecuniary  benefit  to  him  whatever,  direct  or  in- 
direct, and  who  has  never  been  employed  in  any  occupation  involving 
any  use  of  oar  or  paddle;"  (as  adopted  August  18,  1872,  and 
amended  January  20,  1876)  and  who  shall  otherwise  conform  to 
the  rules  and  regulations  of  the  National  Association  of  Amateur 
Oarsman. 

Definitions  taking  effect  April  26,  1884^ 

A    Junior    Sculler 

Is  one  who  has  never  pulled  in  a  Senior  race,  or  won  a  Junior 
"Scull  race." 

A  Junior  Oarsman 

"  Is  one  who  has  not  pulled  an  oar  in  a  Senior  race,  or  been  a 
winning  oarsman  in  a  Junior  race." 

Competitions  with  members  of  his  own  club  will  not  affect  the 
standing,  as  a  junior,  of  any  oarsman  or  sculler. 

The  qualifications  of  a  Junior  Oarsman  or  Sculler  shall  relate  to 
each  time  of  his  coming  to  the  starting  post,  whether  in  a  trial  or  a 
final  heat. 


PROGRAMME  FOR  CHAMPIONSHIP  REGATTA. 

Senior  Single  Sculls,  Pair-oared  Shells, 

Junior      "  8-oared  Shells, 

Senior  Four-oared  Shells,  Junior  Four-oared  Shells. 

Double  Sculls. 


AMATEUR  CHAMPION  OARSMEN.  89 

AMATEUR  CHAMPION  OARSMEN  OF  AMERICA. 

WINNERS  OF  PREVIOUS  REGATTAS. 

EIGHT   OARED  SHELLS.  Time. 

1880 — At  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  July  9,  Dauntless  R.    C 8m   55  s. 

1881 — At  Washington,   D.  C. ,   September  9,  Narragansett 

B.  C 7  m.  51^3. 

1883 — At  Newark,  N.  J. ,  August  8,  Metropolitan  R.  C 7  m.  51  s. 

1884— At  Watkins,  N.  J.,  August  13,  Columbia  B.  C.  W.  O..8  m.  22  s. 
1885 — At  Boston,  Mass.,  August  13,  Columbia  B.  C 7  m.  46^  s. 

JUNIOR  FOUR-OARED  SHELLS.  Time. 

1882 — At  Detroit,  Mich.,  August  9,  Detroit  B.  C 10  m.  225. 

1883— At  Newark,  N.  J.,  August  8,  Alcoyne  B.  C 8m.  i6#  s. 

1884— At  Watkins,  N.  Y.f  August  13,  Watkins  R.  A. .  .  .9  m.  i#  s. 
1885 — At  Boston,  Mass.,  August  13,  Dirigo  B.  C 8m.  31  s. 

DOUBLE  SCULLS.  Time. 

1873— At  Philadelphia,  Pa,  October  8,  Steele  &  Witmar: 

Crescent  B.  C 9m.  30  s. 

1874— At  Troy,  N.  Y.,  September  4,  Yates  &  Curtis:  N,  Y. 

Athletic  Club 9  m.  37^  s. 

1875 — At  Troy,  N.  Y.,  September  i,  Robinson  &  Courtney: 

Union  Springs  B.  C 8m.  50^  s. 

1876 — At  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  August  23,  Robinson  &  Court- 
ney: Union  Springs  B.   C 9m.    195. 

1877 — At  Detroit,  Mich.,  August  15,  McBeath  &  Hender- 
son :  Quaker  City  B.  C ... 8  m.    18  s. 

1878 — At  Newark,  N.  J.,  August  21,  O'Donnell  &  Powers: 

Hope  R.  C  . 8m.  37^  s. 

1879 — At  Saratoga,  N.  Y.,  July  ro,    Rathborne  &  Lyon:  N 

Y.  Athletic  Club 901.18^5. 

1880— At  Philadelphia,   Pa.,   July  9,  Whitaker  &  Holmes: 

Pawtucket  B.    C   -9m.  4 1  s. 

1881 — At   Washington,    D.    C,    September   9,    Appley  & 

Holmes:  Pawtucket  B.  C   8m.  37^  s. 

1882 — At  Detroit,  Mich.,  August  9,  O'Connell  &  Buckley; 

Portland  B.  C , 9m.   30  s. 

1883— At  Newark,  N.  J.,  August  8,  O'Connell  &  Buckley: 

Portland,  B.  C 8m.  i6s. 

1884 — At  Watkins,  N.  Y.,  August  13,  Toronto  B.  C  9m.  tos. 

1885— At  Boston,    Mass.,  August  i3th,  M.  F.  &  T.   H. 

Monahan:  Albany  R.  C 9m.  4%  s. 


90  AMATEUR  CHAMPION  OARSMEN. 


SENIOR    FOUR-OARED    SHELLS.  Time. 

1873— At  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  October  8,  Argonauta  R.  A.  .   8  m.  16  s. 
1874 — At  Troy,  N.  Y.,  September  4,  Beaverwyck  R,  C.  .8  m.  45^  s. 

1875 — At  Troy,  N.  Y.,  September  i,  Atalanta  B.  C 8m.  34^  s. 

1876 — At  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  August  24,  Atalanta  B.  C. .  .9  m.  36^  s 

1877— At  Detroit,  Mich.,  August  15,  Emerald  B.  C 7  m.  50  s, 

1878— At  Newark,  N.  J.,  August  21,  Mutuel  B.  C 8  m.  4  s. 

1879— At  Saratoga,  N.  Y.,  July  n,  Hillsdale  R.  C 8m.  32%:  s. 

1880— At  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  July  9,  Hillsdale  R.  C 8  m.  53  s. 

1881— At  Washington  D.  C,  September  9,  Hillsdale  R.  C.  8  m.  6^  s. 

1882 — At  Detroit,  Mich.,  August  9,  Centennial  B   C 8  m.  27  s. 

1883— At  Newark,  N.  J.,  August  8,  Eureka  B.  C 8m.  16^  s. 

1884 — At  Watkins,  N.  Y.,  August  i3th,  Argonaut  B.  C. .  8  m.  22^8. 
1885 — At  Boston,  Mass.,  August  i3th,  Nautilus  R.  C.       .8  m.  235. 


SENIOR  SINGLE  SCULLS.  Time. 

1873 — At  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  October  8,  Chas  Myers:  Nas- 
sau B.  C 10  m.  8%  s- 

1874— At  Troy,  N.  Y.,  September  4,  F.  E.  Yates:  N.  Y. 

Athletic  Club i  o  m.  1 6/2'  s. 

1875— At  Troy,  N.  Y.,  September  i,  Charles  E.  Courtney: 

Union  Springs  B.  C 9m.  468. 

1876 — At  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  August  24,  F.  E.  Yates:  Union 

Springs  B.  C 10  m.  39^  s. 

1877 — At  Detroit,  Mich.,  August  1 6,  George  W.  Lee:  Triton 

B.  C ' 9  m.  ii  s. 

1878— At  Newark,  N.  J.,  August  21,  George  W.  Lee,  Tri- 
ton B.  C 9  m.  y^  s. 

1879— At  Saratoga,  N.  Y.,  July  11,  F.  J.  Mumford:  Hope 

R.  C 9  m.  50  s. 

1880— At  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  July  9,  F.  J.  Mumford:  Perse- 
verance B.  C • 10  m.  5^  s. 

1881— At  Washington,  D.  C,  September  9,  F.  E.  Holmes: 

Pawtucket  B.  C 9m.  6^  s. 

1882 — At  Detroit,  Mich.,  August  9,  F.  E.  Holmes:  Paw- 
tucket  B.  C , 10  m.  5  s. 

1883 — At  Newark,  N.  J.,  August  8,  Joseph  Laing:  Grand 

Trunk  B.  C 8  m.  44  s. 

1884 — At  Watkins,  N.  Y.,  August  13,  Joseph  Laing:  Grand 

Trunk  B.  C 9  m.  28^  s. 

188$ — At  Boston,  Mass.,  August  13,  E.   J.  Murphy 9  m.  42  s. 


AMATEUR  CHAMPION  OARSMEN.  91 

JUNIOR  SINGLE  SCULLS.  Time. 

1878— At  Newark,  N.  J.,  August  21,  George  Bowlsby,  Jr., 

AmateurB.C ». .'9m.4os. 

1879— At  Saratoga,  N.  Y.,  July  n,  W.  Murray,  Elizabeth 

R  C  ...  10  m.  \y2  s. 

1880— At  Philadelphia.  Pa.,  July  9,  J.  A.  Whitaker,  Paw- 
tucket  B.  C 10  m. 

1881— At  Washington,  D.  C,  September  9,  A.  T.  O'Brien, 

Dolphin  B.  C 9m. 

1882— At  Detroit,  Mich.,  August  9,  John  J.  Murphy, 

Shawmut  B.  C '.  9  m.  48  s. 

1883— At  Newark,  N.  J.,  August  8,  J.  Kilion,  Bradford 

B.  C. 9m.  20^  s. 

1884— At  Watkins,  N.  Y.,  August  I3th,  E.  J.  Mulcahy, 

Albany  B.  C  10  m.  i  s. 

1885 — At  Boston,  Mass.,  August  i3th.  Peter  Snyder, 

Columbia  B.  C 9  m.  34  s. 


PAIR    OARED    SHELLS.  Time. 

1874— At  Troy,  N.  Y.,  September  4,  Smith  &  Eldred, 

Argonauta  R.  A  9  w.  4 1  yz  s. 

1875— At  Troy,  N.  Y.,  August  31,  Smith  &  Eldred:  Argon- 
auta R.  A 9  m.  393. 

1876 — At  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  August  23,  Downs  &  Eustis: 

Atalanta  B.  C '. . . . .  10  m.  10^  s. 

1877 — At  Detroit,  Mich.,  August  16,  Smith  &  Kiloran: 

Emerald  B.  C 9m.  4  s. 

1878 — At  Newark,  N.  J.,  August  20,  Bulger  &  Graves:  Mu- 

tuel  B.  C 8  m.  56^  s. 

1879 — At  Saratoga,  N.  Y. ,  July  9,  Gorman  Bros. :  Olym- 
pic B.  C 9m.  41  ^s. 

1880 — At  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  July  9,  Gorman  Bros.:  Albany 

R.  C 10  m.  7l/2  s. 

1881— At  Washington,  D.  C,  September  9,  Cl  egg  &  Stan  d- 

ish :  Detroit  Scullers 6  m.  33  s. 

1882 — At  Detroit,  Mich.  August  9,  Bulger  &  Moseley: 

Mutual  B.  C 10  m.  38  s. 

1883— At  Newark,  N.  J.,  August  8,  Bulger*  Moseley,  Mu- 
tual B.  C 8  m.  54  s. 

1884— At  Watkins,  N.  Y.,  August  13,  Moseley  &  Bulger: 

Albany  B.  C W.  O. 

1885 — At  Boston,  Mass.,  August  13,  Fred  Freeman  and 

John  Weldon:  Ariel  B.  C • 9  ™-  33  s. 


92  THE  KILL  VON  KULL  ROWING  ASSOCIATION. 


The  Kill  Von  Kull  Rowing  Association. 

This  Association,  which  is  now  one  of  the  best  known  organiza- 
tions of  oarsmen  in  the  country,  was  organized  in  1880.  Itcomprises 
the  following  strong  boat  clubs,  viz: 

The  Argonauta  Rowing  Association,  Bayonne  Rowing  Associa- 
tion, and  Viking  Rowing  Association,  of  Bayonne  City.  The  Staten 
Island  Athletic  Club  and  Clifton  Boat  Club,  of  Staten  Island.  The 
Alcyone  Rowing  Association,  and  Arthur-Kull  Rowing  Association, 
of  Elizabeth. 

At  the  first  three  annual  Regattas  all  these  clubs,  but  the  Clifton, 
were  represented,  and  in  the  last  two  regattas  every  club  in  the  Asso- 
ciation contested  one  or  more  of  the  races. 

These  regattas  have  always  excited  great  interest  among  oarsmen, 
and  the  official  record  of  the  time  made  has  invariably  been  accepted 
without  question  in  boating  circles  throughout  the  country,  a  fact 
which  speaks  volumes  as  to  the  standing  and  management  of  the  As- 
sociation. 

The  regattas  have  usually  been  held  upon  the  Kills,  but  as  this 
course  is  objectionable  for  many  reasons,  it  was  decided  at  the  annual 
meeting  of  the  Association,  held  May  9,  to  hold  the  regatta  this  year 
on  the  Newark  Bay  course.  In  referring  to  this  action  of  the  Associ- 
ation, the  Bayonne  Times  says: — 

"A  new  course  was  selected  which  will  meet  with  the  approval 
of  all  oarsmen  in  this  city  as  well  as  the  majority  from  adjoining  sec- 
tions. It  is  on  Newark  Bay,  commencing  one  mile  east  of  the  club 
house  of  the  Newark  Bay  Boat  Club  and  ending  at  the  club  house. 
This  Club  has  tendered  the  use  of  their  pretty  house  for  the  occasion, 
and  the  regatta  was  one  of  the  principal  boating  events  of  the  sea- 
son. Oarsmen  as  a  rule  acknowledge  this  course  to  be  the  most 
desirable,  all  things  considered,  that  is  to  be  found  in  the  vicinity  of 
New  York."  , 

The  officers  of  the  Kill  Von  Kull  Association  for  this  year  are  as 
follows: — 

William  C.  Davis,  of  the  Staten  Island  Athletic  Club,  President. 
Pierson  Haviland,   of  the  Argonauta  Rowing  Association,   Secretary 

and  Treasurer. 

REGATTA    COMHITTEE. 

R.  C.  Annett,  of  the  Argonautas. 

W.  A.  Lentilhon,  of  the  Staten  Island  Athletic  Club. 

Joseph  Elsworth,  of  the  Bayonnes. 

George  A.  Squire,  of  the  Newark  Bay  Boat  Club. 


THE  ARGOXAl'TA  ROWING  ASSOCIATION.  93 

The  Argonauta  Rowing  Association, 

BERGEN    POINT. 

This  Association  was  organized  /tpril  5,  1870,  and  incorporated. 

At  first  the  Argonauta  Club  was  purely  a  social  organization,  but 
as  the  members  became  proficient  in  the  use  of  the  oar,  they  became 
ambitious  to  try  conclusions  with  their  more  athletic  neighbors.  Af- 
ter being  defeated  twice  by  the  Neptune  Boat  Club,  of  Staten  Island, 
and  once  by  the  Vesper  Club,  of  Yonkers,  a  crew  composed  of 
Messrs.  Schuyler,  Craft,  Stephenson,  Phillips,  Humphreys  and  Bram- 
hall,  met  the  Oneidas,  of  Jersey  City,  and  gracefully  took  them  into 
camp. 

In  1872  the  Club  sent  to  the  front  a  crew  composed  of  Smith, 
Bramhall,  Stephenson  and  Eldred,  which  afterward  achieved  a 
national  reputation.  This  crew  met  the  Neptunes  in  the  third  con- 
test between  the  two  clubs,  and  wrested  the  "Whip  of  the  Kills" 
from  the  unwilling  hands  of  the  Staten  Island  Club  in  the  extraordin- 
ary short  time  of  15  m.  5^  s.  for  three  miles. 

Then  commenced  a  series  of  victories  in  the  home  waters,  and  at 
Philadelphia,  Harlem  and  elsewhere,  which  placed  the  name  of  ''Ar- 
gonauta'' among  the  most  famous  of  amateur  clubs;  Walter  Man, 
after  the  first  season,  occupying  No.  2  seat,  vice  E.  J.  Bramhall, 
retired. 

From  the  date  of  its  organization  up  to  the  present  time,  the 
Club  has  competed  in  forty-nine  races  with  other  clubs  in  match  races 
and  regattas  (not  including  trial  heats),  and  has  won  thirty  of  these 
races,  rowing  in  many  instances  against  the  fastest  and  most  formida- 
ble crews  in  the  country. 

Twenty-seven  sets  of  colors  and  banners,  trophies  of  victory 
adorn  the  walls  of  the  club  parlor,  besides  photographs  of  the  Na- 
tional, Interlaken  and  other  challenge  cups  won  in  important  re- 
gattas. 

The  Club  won  the  Championship  of  the  United  States  three  times 
m  four-oared  shells,  four  times  in  pair-oared  shells,  held  the  Schuyl- 
kill  Navy  Championship  three  successive  years,  the  Greenwood  Lake 
Championship  two  years,  and  has  retained  the  "Whip  of  the  Kills" 
from  1872  to  this  day. 

Notwithstanding  the  intense  interest  in  the  racing  competition 
with  other  clubs,  care  was  taken  to  keep  up  the  social  character  of  the 
organization,  and  maintain  its  high  standing  in  the  community.  In- 
deed the  Argonautas  are  noted  for  the  cordial  manner  in  which  the 
hospitalities  of  the  Club  are  always  extended  to  visitors. 

The  Club  House  is  beautifully  situated  upon  a  lot  183  by  75  feet, 
owned  by  the  Association,  and  is  splendidly  arranged  and  handsome- 
ly furnished. 


94  THE  VIKING  ROWING  ASSOCIATION. 

The  club  is  in  excellent  financial  condition,  and  we  hope  it  will 
enjoy  many  years  of  prosperity. 

The  present  roll  of  active  members  includes  representatives  of 
most  of  the  best  known  families  on  the  Point,  and  the  honorary  list 
comprises  many  old  and  prominent  citizens  who  worthily  served  as 
active  members  in  former  years. 
The  officers  are  as  follows: — 

E.  W.  Humphreys,  President. 

E.  R.  Craft,  First  Vice-President. 

N.  W.  Trask,  Second  Vice  President. 

H.  A.  Craft,  Treasurer. 

M.  V.   Stringham,  Recording  Secretary. 

J.  W.  Goddard,  Corresponding  Secretary. 

Pierson  Haviland,  Captain. 

R.  C.  Annett,  Lieutenant. 

The  Viking  Rowing  Association. 

BAYONNE. 

Organized  1873.  This  association  was  organized  by  the  union 
of  the  Elizabeth  Boat  Club  and  the  Triton  Boat  Club,  of  Pamrapo, 
N.J. 

The  combined  membership  of  these  two  clubs  numbered  about 
twenty,  and  the  new  organization  started  with  about  this  number. 
In  the  spring  of  1877  a  new  boat  house  was  built  opposite  the  depot 
at  Bayonne,  N.  J.,  which  has  since  been  kept  in  excellent  condition, 
and  is  now  fully  equipped  to  meet  the  requirements  of  the  members. 
Since  the  organization  of  the  club  its  membership  has  been  largely 
increased,  until  now  it  has  fully  50  members,  or  more  than  double  the 
number  on  the  roll  in  1875. 

The  Club  is  very  prosperous  and  is  on  a  sound  financial  basis> 
with  no  debt  on  the  house  or  other  property.  Its  fleet  of  boats  com- 
prise four-oared  shells,  pair-oared  gigs,  and  barges,  all  compara- 
tively new  boats  and  in  good  shape.  In  addition  to  the  annual  club 
Regattas  and  races  for  challenge  cups  and  badges,  the  Vikings  have 
competed  in  many  Regattas  at  Newark,  Rutherford,  Greenwood  Lake, 
Harlem,  and  on  the  Kill  Von  Kull,  and  in  several  match  races,  nota- 
bly with  the  Bayonnes  and  Arthur-Kulls. 

The  Viking  Rowing  Association  is  entitled  to  the  enviable  dis- 
tinction of  being  the  pioneer  Club  in  the  movement  which  resulted  in 
the  organization  of  the  Kill  Von  Kull  Rowing  Association. 
The  officers  at  present  are  as  follows: — 
S.  D.  Housten,  President. 
James  L.  Meyers,  Vice-President. 
T.  C.  Hanna,  Secretary. 
W.  B.  Seaman,  Treasurer. 
H.  E.  Duncan,  Jr.,  Captain. 
W.  P.  Thomas,  Lieutenant. 


THE  r.AYONNE  ROWING  ASSOCIATION*.  95 

The  Bayonne  Rowing  Association. 

BAVONNt. 

Organized  1872,  incorporated  1875.  This  well-known  associa- 
tion of  oarsmen  was  started  principally  for  the  purpose  of  having  a 
Club  House  which  could  be  used  by  the  young  men  in  Bayonne  who 
were  interested  in  boating.  A  one-story  building  was  erected  on  the 
New  York  Bay  shore  opposite  the  depot,  and  this  for  a  while  answered 
the  purpose. 

Shortly  after  the  organization  of  the  Club  a  six-oared  gig  and  a 
four-oared  barge  were  procured.  The  entire  membership  of  the  Club 
at  that  time  was  not  enough  to  man  both  boats  at  once.  These  boats 
were  heavy  pleasure  boats,  and,  in  fact,  were  of  the  class  commonly 
known  among  oarsmen  as  "  beef  boats,"  so  that  the  Club  was  hardly 
fitted  to  engage  in  either  challenge  races  or  regattas.  Nevertheless 
when,  in  1874,  the  Oneida  Boat  Club  of  Jersey  City  (now  the  Hudson) 
challenged  The  Bayonne  Rowing  Association  to  a  three-mile  six- 
oared  gig  race,  the  boys  pluckily  determined  to  make  up  a  crew  and 
row  the  race  in  their  heavy  gig. 

This  race  excited  great  interest  in  Bayonne,  and  was  hotly  con- 
tested from  start  to  finish,  the  Oneidas  being  declared  winners  by  half 
a  length  by  the  referee,  against  the  protest  of  the  Bayonne  representa- 
tives. 

The  great  interest  taken  in  the  race,  and  the  grit  and  determina- 
tion shown  by  the  Bayonne  crew  (who  had  no  practical  training)  in 
rowing  against  a  thoroughly  trained  picked  crew  from  one  of  the 
strongest  boat  clubs  in  existence,  at  that  time,  resulted  in  a  popular 
subscription  being  taken  up  in  Bayonne  to  assist  the  Club  in  building 
a  suitable  club  house,  and  to  purchase  such  boats  as  were  necessary 
lor  racing  purposes. 

.Twelve  hundred  dollars  were  raised  by  this  subscription  and 
turned  over  to  the  Club.  In  the  fall  of  the  same  year  building  opera- 
tions were  commenced,  and  rapidly  pushed  until  the  present  handsome 
boat  house  was  finished.  The  total  cost  of  this  building  was  $5,000, 
of  which  $1,200  was  paid  in  cash,  and  the  balance,  $3,800,  provided 
for  by  bond  and  mortgage.  Almost  as  soon  as  building  operations 
were  commenced  new  members  began  to  come  into  the  Club,  and  in 
1875,  when  it  was  incorporated,  the  Club  roster  contained  the 
names  of  over  forty  members,  among  whom  were  many  of  the  best 
known  residents. 

In  order  to  liquidate  the  indebtedness  on  the  club-house  a  sink- 
ing fund  was  established  whereby  one-sixth  of  the  entire  income  was 
reserved  to  be  applied  solely  to  the  reduction  of  the  debt,  which  by 
this  means  was  decreased  every  year,  until  in  1882  the  total  indebted- 
ness was  only  $2,800. 


96  THE  BAYONNE  ROWING  ASSOCIATION. 

In  the  early  part  of  1883  it  became  necessary  to  make  some  ar- 
rangements to  pay  off  a  portion  of  the  mortgage.  After  careful  con- 
sideration of  the  matter  it  was  decided  to  hold  a  fair,  which  was  done 
in  June,  1883,  and  in  June  of  the  following  year  the  experiment  was 
repeated.  The  two  fairs  resulted  in  a  net  profit  to  the  club  of  $3,- 
900. 

This  splendid  success  was  largely  due  to  the  untiring  efforts  of 
President  W.  H.  Jasper,  and  the  excellent  management  and  harmoni- 
ous action  of  the  ladies  and  gentlemen  who  composed  the  Fair  Com- 
mittees. 

The  money  raised  in  this  way  cleared  the  club  of  debt,  enabled 
it  to  invest  about  $1,000  in  much-needed  boats  with  which  to  send  out 
crews  properly  equipped,  and  to  put  the  club-house  in  excellent  con- 
dition. 

For  several  years  the  Bayonne  Rowing  Association  has  given  a 
series  of  bi-weekly  sociables  at  their  club-house,  which  have  been  at- 
tended by  the  elite  of  Bayonne  City,  and  which  are  very  popular. 

Since  its  organization  the  Bayonne  Rowing  Association  has  par- 
ticipated in  many  regattas  and  challenge  races,  in  addition  to  the  an- 
nual club  regatta,  and  many  handsome  trophies  adorn  the  club- 
house. 

The  following  are  among  its  most  notable  victories  : — 
Pair-oared  shell,  at  Rutherford  Park,  1875; 
Four-oared  barge,  Kills  Regatta,  1881; 

1882; 
1883; 

Pair-oared  gig,  "  1884; 

Four-oared  barge,  "  l%%5', 

and  four-oared  shell,   three  miles,   in    1873,  which  was  a  challenge 
match  race  with  the  Vikings  for  the  Championship. 

The  Bayonne  Rowing  Association  is  now  in  splendid  shape,  does 
not  owe  a  dollar,  and  is  well  provided  with  first-class  boats  and  the  ma- 
terial to  "whoop  'em  up." 

The  following  comprise  the  officers  : — 
E.  H.  Bennett,  President. 
Jos.  Elsworth,  Jr.,  Vice-President. 
Geo.  E.  Squire,  Treasurer. 
J.  A.  Phillips,  Jr.,  Secretary. 
E.  E.  Van  Buskirk,  Captain. 
C.  O.  Stillman,  Lieutenant. 

BOARD    OF    TRUSTEES : 

E.  H.  Bennett,  Chairman. 
Geo.  A.  Squire,  I.  A.  Gard, 

E.  E.  Van  Buskirk,  W.  C.  Nicholson, 

Ernest  C.  Webb,  W.  H.  Jasper, 

J.  T.  Field,  J.  H.  Allaire. 


THE  NEWARK  BAY  BOAT  CLUB.  97 

The  Newark  Bay  Boat  Club, 

BAYONNE. 

Organized  May,  1881,  incorporated  October  3,  1882.  In  the 
Spring  of  1881,  some  of  the  residents  of  Bay  View  Place,  popularly 
called  the  Nine  Row,  after  grumbling  at  each  other  about  the  lack  of 
boating  facilities  on  the  beautiful  shore  of  Newark  Bay,  and  the  need 
of  a  proper  landing  for  boats  and  their  freight  of  pleasure-seeking 
parties,  finally  concluded  that  something  must  be  done  or  life  would 
be  a  burden.  What  they  attempted  to  do  and  how  well  they  suc- 
ceeded, it  is  the  purpose  of  this  sketch  to  tell. 

On  a  beautiful  May  day,  in  the  year  1881,  six  young  men  with 
ambitious  longings,  clustered  together  under  the  friendly  branches  of 
a  "spreading  chestnut  tree,  "on  what  is  now  part  of  the  club  grounds, 
and  held  a  long  and  secret  pow-wow  about  some  momentous  ques- 
tion. 

What  were  they,  Nihilists  or  dynamiters,  plotting  some  fearful 
and  sanguinary  crime  to  startle  the  world  ?  No,  gentle  reader,  they 
were  the  advanced  guard,  the  "Bic  Six"  who  decided  on  that  eventful 
May  day  to  charge  the  nearest  lumber  yard  and  sieze  in  exchange  for 
the  paper  promises  of  Uncle  Sam,  the  material  necessary  to  erect,  not 
a  fort,  but  a  peaceful  structure  which  would  answer  ths  purposes  of  a 
landing  place  for  boats,  and  a  resting  place  where  the  moonlight  nights 
might  be  comfortably  enjoyed  literally  on  the  Bay. 

These  young  men  were  Messrs.  George  G.  Jewett,  Ernest  C. 
Webb,  Henry  Garretson,  William  G.  Goebel,  Joseph  A.  Phillips,  Jr., 
and  E.  Y.Phillips,  and  they  immediately  organized  the  Newark  Bay 
Boat  Club,  becoming  its  charter  members;  a  distinction  none  of  them 
would  exchange  for  the  highest  office  in  the  gift  of  the  Club. 

Once  started,  the  work  was  rapidly  advanced,  and  in  the  follow- 
ing June  a  long  dock  or  pier  with  landing  steps  and  a  covered  plat- 
form with  seating  accommodations  at  the  end,  was  completed,  and 
this,  with  some  additions,  comprised  for  two  seasons  the  Club  House 
of  the  Newark  Bay  Boat  Club. 

The  Club  soon  became  very  popular  in  Bayonne,  and  its  dock  a 
place  of  resort  for  ladies  and  gentlemen,  who  found  there,  and  as  they 
do  now  at  t^e  Club  House,  that  cordial  welcome  which  has  made  a 
visit  to  the  Newark  Bay  Boat  Club  a  pleasure  to  all  who  have  enjoyed 
its  hospitalities,  and  a  matter  of  pride  to  our  residents  who  take  their 
visiting  friends  to  see  the  Club  House,  as  one  of  the  attractions  of 
summer  life  in  Bayonne. 

The  popularity  of  the  Club  increased.  Its  membership  grew  so 
rapidly  that  in  the  summer  of  1882,  a  Club  House  of  some  kind  be- 
came not  only  the  wish  of  all,  but  an  absolute  necessity  in  order  to 
accommodate  the  members,  their  families  and  friends. 

The  idea  of  a  club  house  having  once  taken  root  soon  became 
the  all-important  question  for  consideration,  and  in  the  fall  of  1882, 


98  THE  NEWARK  BAY  BOAT  CLUB. 

the  club  decided  to  issue  five  dollar  bonds  to  the  requisite  amount  in 
order  to  raise  the  necessary  funds.  This  was  done,  and  the  money 
raised  during  the  following  winter — the  bonds  being  placed  at  five 
per  cent,  interest. 

In  the  following  spring  the  building  operations  were  commenced, 
and  in  June,  1883,  the  Club  House  was  practically  finished,  and  on 
July  2,  1883,  the  opening  reception  was  held,  and  was  attended  by 
over  700  invited  guests. 

The  Club  House  is  beautifully  situated  on  leased  grounds  at  the 
west  end  of  Bayonne  avenue,  and  has  a  frontage  on  Newark  Bay  of 
sixty-five  feet;  is  forty-five  feet  deep,  with  a  ten-foot  piazza,  extending 
entirely  around  the  second  story.  It  has  a  deck  roof.  It  was  built 
under  the  personal  supervision  of  the  late  Mr.  Jacob  C.  Garretson,  the 
architect,  and  we  think  that,  for  club  purposes,  it  eclipses  any  build- 
ing of  its  kind  in  the  State. 

The  total  cost  of  erecting  the  Club  House  was  $3,500,  and  the 
present  indebtedness  is  $2,300,  the  Club  having  paid  $1,200  up  to 
January  last,  or  in  a  year  and  a  half. 

This  is  a  record  of  which  the  members  are  justly  proud,  and, 
in  appealing  to  their  friends  for  the  first  time  (through  the  medium  of 
a  Fair)  they  met  with  a  liberal  and  generous  response  from  the  citizens 
of  the  City  of  Bayonne. 

One  distinctive  feature  of  the  Club  since  its  organization  has  been 
its  social  character.  The  greatest  care  has  been  taken  to  make  the 
Club  House  a  pleasant  place  for  ladies,  and  one  where  they  can  feel 
perfectly  at  home,  and  in  which  they  can  take  the  same  interest  as 
though  they  were  in  fact  members.  To  this  alone  the  success  of  the 
Club  is  due  in  a  great  measure. 

It  is  admitted  by  all  that  the  Club  has  been  a  benefit  to  Bayonne. 
It  has  been  the  means  of  attracting  many  families  to  the  city  who  have 
become  permanent  residents,  and  it  has  provided  a  place  for  innocent 
amusement  and  recreation,  which  has  been  of  great  value  to  young 
men. 

The  following  comprise  the  officers  for  this  year: — 
Ernest  C.  Webb,  President. 
John  C.  Bouton,  Vice-President. 
E.  W.  Snyder,   Treasurer. 
L.  W.  Amerman,  Recording  Secretary. 
Arthur  C.  Webb,  Corresponding  Secretary. 
Eugene  McDonald,  Captain. 
Harry  G.  Stephens,  Lieutenant. 
TRUSTEES, 

George  A.  Squire,  Chairman.        L.  W.  Amerman,  Secretary. 
Ernest  C.  Webb.  George  G.  Jewett. 

Sterling  F.  Hayward,  John  C.  Carragan. 

Frank  G.  Bennett.  John  A.  Serrell. 

DeWitt  Van  Buskirk. 


STATEN  ISLAND  ROWING  CLUB.  99 

Staten  Island   Rowing   Club, 

NEW  BRIGHTON,   S.   I. 

The  Staten  Island  Rowing  Club  was  established  at  New  Brighton, 
Staten  Island,  in  the  spring  of  1878,  with  a  membership  of  fifty  and 
the  following  officers  :  — 

A.  P.  Stokes,  President. 

H.  L.  Horton,  Vice-President. 

E.  Kelly,  Captain. 

G.  B.  West,  Secretary. 

G.  S.  McCulloh,  Treasurer. 

C.  D.  Ingersoll,  Lieutenant. 

TRUSTEES : 

A.  P.  Stokes,  G.  B.  West, 

H.  R.  Kelly,  H.  L.  Horton, 

G.  S.  McCulloh,  Beverley  Duer, 

Edmund  Kelly,  R.  B.  Whittemore, 

Walter  Hodges. 

The  club  has  not  participated  in  any  regattas  or  races  with  other 
clubs,  but  has  confined  itself  to  the  quieter  exercise  of  steady  daily 
pulls.  Every  year  the  circuit  of  Staten  Island  (forty  miles)  is  made 
four  or  five  times,  the  quickest  time  for  the  distance  (five  hours  and 
twenty  minutes)  having  been  made  by  the  four-oared  barge  crew  in 
1884.  In  1883  a  day  was  set  aside  in  each  week  for  the  instruction 
of  ladies  in  rowing  in  the  boats  of  the  club,  and  a  large  number  of 
ladies  are  now  enrolled  as -members. 

The  present  officers  of  the  club  are  : — 
H.  R.  Kelly,  President. 

A.  B.  Boardman,   Vice-President. 
W.  Hodges,  Treasurer. 

J.  E.  Bonner,  Secretary. 
E.  Flash,  Jr.,  Captain. 

B.  Leaward,  Lieutenant. 

TRUSTEES  : 

H.  R.  Kelly,  J.  E.  Bonner, 

R.  P.  G.  Bucklin,  A.  B.  Boardman, 

E.  Flash,  Jr.,  G.  A.  Post, 

W.  Hodges,  A.  J.  McDonald, 
B.  Leaward. 


100  THE  CLIFTON   BOAT  CLUB. 

The  Clifton  Boat  Club. 

CLIFTON,   S.  I. 

This  Club  was  organized  in  1881,  commencing  with  a  member- 
ship of  eight,  which  has  steadily  increased. 

The  Club  House  is  charmingly  situated  at  Clifton,  S.  I.,  and  is  a 
delightful  place  to  visit  during  the  boating  season.  The  house  is 
66  feet  deep  by  35  feet  wide,  with  a  12  feet  piazza,  on  two  sides,  fac- 
ing the  Narrows. 

This  Club  was  started  as  a  social  organization,  and  until  last  year 
when  a  barge  crew  was  sent  to  compete  in  the  Kill  Von  Kull 
Regatta,  has  not  taken  part  in  rowing  regattas  open  to  other  Clubs. 

The  crew  sent  last  year  had  practically  little  or  no  training,  and 
they  were  entered  more  because  the  Club  had  joined  the  Association 
than  for  any  other  reason,  but  although  handicapped  by  a  heavy  barge, 
they  pushed  the  Arthur-Kulls  from  start  to  finish,  and  made  so  plucky 
a  fight  against  big  odds  that  the  Club  was  convinced  the  material  was 
there,  and  all  that  was  needed  was  a  boat  worthy  of  their  mettle.  Here- 
after good  work  may  be  expected  from  the  Cliftons,  and  they  will  un- 
doubtedly prove  dangerous  rivals  for  "Kill  Von  Kull  *'  honors  at  the 
annual  Regattas. 

Last  September  the  Cliftons  held  a  Fair  for  their  benefit  which 
cleared  the  handsome  sum  of  $1,329.50,  and  this,  together  with  good 
management,  has  placed  the  Club  in  excellent  financial  condition. 
The  present  membership  is  75,  and  the  value  of  the  house  and  other 
property  about  $6,000.  The  Club  has  purchased  some  new  boats, 
and  now  owns 

i  Six-oared  Barge, 
i  Four-oared  Gig, 
i  Paired-oared  Gig, 
12  Singles, 

and  2  4-oared  Barges. 

The  following  comprise  the  officers  for  the  year  1885  •' — 
I.  K.  Martin,  President. 
W.  Hodges,  Vice-President. 
Gregory  McKean,  Secretary. 
S.  Howard  Martin,  Treasurer. 
George  A.  Post,  Captain. 
Arthur  D.  F.  Wright,  Lieutenant. 

BOARD    OF   TRUSTEES  : 

N.  Marsh,  B.  B.  Hopkins, 

W.  B.  McKean,  C.  M.  Dodge, 

C.  Barton. 


THE  BAYONNE  CANOE  CLUB.  101 

The  Bayonne  Canoe  Club. 

BAYONNE. 


The  Bayonne  Canoe  Club  was  organized  on  May  2,  1882,  by 
Messrs.  E.  R.  Smith,  R.  V.  Vienot,  F.  B.  Collins,  A.  F.  Fleming, 
and  A  F.  Burke,  and  since  that  time  it  has  grown  steadily  until  this 
year  it  became  necessary  to  increase  the  size  of  the  Club  House  in 
order  to  accommodate  the  members  and  the  fleet  of  canoes. 

The  Club  House  is  pleasantly  situated  between  the  Newark  Bay 
Boat  Club  House  and  the  old  Randall  property,  and  the  "boys"  are 
very  proud  of  it,  as  indeed,  they  ought  to  be. 

The  Club  fleet  at  present  consists  of  eleven  handsome  canoes, 
which  present  a  very  pretty  sight  when  the  Club  is  on  a  cruise,  with 
colors  flying  and  the  boys  rigged  to  take  the  weather  as  they 
find  it. 

New  members  are  being  initiated  at  every  meeting,  and  before 
next  season  begins  it  is  probably  that  the  "fleet"  will  be  increased. 

The  Regattas  of  the  Canoe  Club  have  always  been  very  interesting, 
attracting  numerous  spectators  who  have  been  well  paid  for  the  trou- 
ble. The  note  of  preparation  had  already  been  sounded  early  in  the 
spring.  The  Regatta  took  place  on  July  4,  and  the  Club  had  a  gala 
time  on  that  occasion.  If  the  members  continue  to  work  harmon- 
iously they  will  probably  be  able  to  add  a  second  story  to  their  Club 
House  next  year.  This  will  be  a  much  needed  improvement,  as  it 
will  give  them  plenty  of  room  for  Club  meetings  and  the  entertain- 
ment of  their  friends.  We  understand  that  the  "  Ariels  "  have  been 
invited  to  give  them  a  benefit  performance  at  an  early  date  in  aid  of 
the  building  fund,  and  we  hope  this  will  be  largely  attended,  as  our 
young  neighbors  are  deserving  of  success. 

The  following  are  the  officers  for  1885: — 

Geo.  W.  Heard,  Commodore. 
Louis  F.    Burke,  Vice-Commodore, 
Fred.  B.  Collins,  Sec'y  and  Treas. 


102  HINTS  ON  CANOEING. 

HINTS    ON    CANOEING. 

No  sport  has  more  devoted  adherents.  Healthy,  agreeable,  ex- 
citing at  times,  full  of  novelty  and  variety,  canoeing  offers  a  large 
range  of  attractions  to  its  votaries,  and  it  is  seldom  that  one  who  has 
once  felt  its  spell  recovers  frem  its  general  influence.  There  are 
many  models  and  varieties  of  canoes,  but  they  may  all  be  reduced  to 
two  classes:  the  paddling  canoe,  of  which  the  Rob  Roy  is  the  type, 
and  the  sailing  canoe,  of  which  the  Shadow  is  perhaps  the  most  gen- 
erally used  in  this  country.  Both  carry  sails  and  both  are  paddled, 
but  the  paddling  canoe  usually — though  not  always — carries  less  sail 
than  the  sailing  canoe,  and  is  more  easily  paddled,  since  she  is  smal- 
ler and  lighter.  Fourteen  feet  is  the  length  of  the  great  majority  of 
canoes,  though  Rob  Roys  are  twelve  feet,  and  sailing  canoes  of  six- 
teen are  not  uncommon.  A  fourteen-foot  Rob-Roy  ought  not  to 
weigh  over  fifty-five  pounds,  and  a  fourteen-foot  shadow  which  weighs 
over  seventy-five  pounds  is  unnecessarily  heavy.  Canoes  are  usually 
built  of  wood,  although  cheap  canoes  can  be  built  of  canvas,  and  cer- 
tain advantages  are  claimed  for  those  built  of  paper.  The  true  ob- 
ject for  which  the  canoe  is  built  is  cruising,  Hence  she  is  made  so 
light  that  she  can  be  carried  around  obstacles  by  the  canoeists;  so 
strong  that  she  will  bear  the  rough  work  of  running  shallow  rapids;  so 
seaworthy  that  she  can  brave  the  rough  waters  of  large  lakes;  so  com7 
modious  that  her  owner  can  sleep  on  board  of  her  and  carry  plenty 
of  stores,  and  so  beautiful  that  every  stranger  will  admire  her  and  be 
proud  to  aid  the  lofty  purpose  of  the  canoeist.  No  canoe  which  is 
not  fitted  for  cruising  is  a  true  canoe.  She  may  Be  a  good  sailboat,  or 
a  good  paddling  machine,  but  she  is  not  a  good  canoe. 

The  canoeist  must,  of  course,  learn  how  to  paddle  and  how  to  sail; 
but  paddling  and  sailing,  to  quote  the  words  of  an  expert,  "are  only 
branches  of  canoeing.  He  must  learn  to  be  a  boatbuilder,  for  he 
may  at  any  time  have  to  repair  his  own  canoe  himself.  He  must  learn 
to  be  a  sailmaker,  for  he  will  always  be  trying  to  make  improvements 
in  the  rig  of  his  canoe.  He  must  learn  to  cook — in  which  science 
are  included  the  problems  of  building  a  fire  with  wet  wood  and  of 
finding  provisions  in  a  wilderness.  He  must  learn  geography  with  a 
minuteness  with  which  only  the  man  can  learn  who  personally  explores 
streams  on  which  no  boat,  except  a  canoe,  has  ever  floated.  He 
must  learn  the  art  of  running  rapids  and  detecting  at  a  glance  where 
the  channel  through  them  lies — an  art  which,  more  than  any  other 
art  or  any  known  science,  develops  decision  of  character.  He  must 
learn  that  wet  and  cold  and  heat  and  damp  are  of  no  consequence, 
and  can  even  be  made  sources  of  delight.  And,  above  all,  he  must 
learn  to  bear  with  the  infirmities  of  the  canoeist  who"  cruises  in  com- 
pany with  him,  and  never  to  shirk  his  rightful  turn  of  duty  in  connec- 
tion with  scouring  the  frying-pan." 


ATHLETIC  NOTES  AND  FACTS.  198 

ATHLETIC  NOTES  AND  FACTS. 

1885. 

The  Season  for  Field  Athletics  tor  1885  really  closed  with  the  de- 
cision of  the  events  on  Election  Day,  and  altogether  the  year  has  been 
one  of  general  satisfaction  to  the  Athletes  and  Clubs  in  general. 

The  visit  of  L.  E.  Myers  to  England,  where  he  again  demon- 
strated his  superiority  over  the  runners  of  that  country,  had  the  effect 
of  increasing  the  respect  held  there  for  bur  Champions,  and  the  retire- 
ment of  the  American  phenomenon  is  another  happening  that  wilt 
make  the  season  memorable.  Apart  from  Myers's  participation  in 
the  events  of  the  year,  they  were  made  interesting  by  the  reorganiza- 
tion of  the  "Williamsburgh  Athletic  Club"  under  the  name  of  the 
'  Brooklyn  Athletic  Association;"  the  Myers  Testimonial  Athletic  Ben- 
efit under  the  management  of  Mr.  G-  H.  Badeau,  President  of  the 
Williamsburgh  A.  C. ;  Mr.  G.  W.  Carr,  President  of  the  Manhattan 
A.  C. ;  Mr.  ].  W.  Edwards,  President  of  the  Staten  Island  A.  C. ,  and 
Mr.  William  Wood,  Treasurer  of  the  New  York  A.  C.,  and  the  "split" 
in  the  American  Athletic  Club,  and  the  organization  of  the  seceders 
under  the  name  of  the  Olympic  Athletic  Club.  Like  all  young  Clubs, 
the  Olympic  has  made  steady  progress,  has  produced  many  new  men 
of  note,  and  has  secured  a  fair  share  of  prizes  offered  in  the  open  com- 
petitions. At  present  the  Olympic  is  an  Athletic  Club,  pure  and  sim- 
ple, witb  none  of  the  social  element  that  slowly  but  surely  causes  a 
club  to  become  athletic  only  in  game. 

The  social  element  in  Clubs  is  like  "dry  rot, "and  eats  into  the 
vitals  of  Athletic  Clubs,  and  soon  causes  them  to  fail  in  the  purpose 
for  which  they  were  organized.  It  was  so  with  the  old  Harlem  Ath- 
letic Club,  which  produced  the  fastest  runners  and  walkers  from  1876 
to  1880.  It  was  so  with  the  Scottish-American,  the  Astoria,  the 
Short  Hills,  the  Orion,  Plainfield  and  other  Clubs  which  are  known 
by  name  only,  if  at  all,  to  the  Amateur  Clubs  of  the  present  day.  It 
has  been  noticable  in  the  American  Club  for  some  time,  is  a  prime 
factor  in  the  New  York,  and  is  apparently  entering  the  Manhattan. 
It  is  like  an  octopus  that  squeezes  the  life-blood  out  of  the  organiza- 
tion by  burdening  it  with  debt.  Palatial  club-houses  are  erected  at 
great  cost  and  money  is  spent  in  adorning  them  that,  if  used  to  beau- 
tify athletic  grounds  and  improve  tracks,  would  cause  a  wide-spread 
interest  in  athletic  sports  and  further  the  development  of  the  wind  and 
muscles  of  American  youths.  About  five  years  ago  athletic  sports 
were  at  their  zenith,  since  then  they  have  been  on  the  decline.  The 
youths  who  participate  in  health-giving  competitions,  as  a  rule,  can- 
not afford  the  expense  of  membership  to  the  so-called  Athletic  Clubs 
and  they  retire  in  favor  of  the  wealthy  young  man  whose  sole  claim 
to  athletic  distinction  is  his  connection  with  a  "high-toned"  club. 


"[OMATOKETCHUP 

A  TABLE  LUXURY. 


THE    FIRST    TOMATOKETCHUP    EVEK    PL,A<JE1>    ON 

THE    M  \RKET,     M  *  1>E     ENTIRELY     FROM 

E\RL,Y    RIPE    TOMATOES. 


Shrewsbury  Tomatoketchup  is  the  pure  expressed  Fruit 
of  the  Red  Apple  Tomato,  a  variety  of  Tomato  originally  from 
the  high  table-lands  of  South  America,  first  brought  to  Shrewsbury, 
Nevr  Jersey,  where  by  careful  selection  of  seed  and  fine  culture 
it  has  been  brought  to  great  perfection. 

-The  fruit  is  allowed  to  thoroughly  ripen  on  the  vines 
before  being  picked.  It  is  then  crushed  and  carefully  prepared  so 
as  not  to  injure  the  color  or  in  any  way  tend  to  dissipate  its 
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